Eligibility

The applicant must be a registered nurse and have obtained a master’s degree prior to submitting the application. The research project must be carried out at a university, hospital or other non-profit research institution in Denmark.

The PhD supervisor(s) must be stated in the application and must have agreed to participate in the project.

The applicant must be enrolled as PhD student at a Danish university within a year from receiving the Novo Nordisk Foundation PhD Scholarship Grant Letter. University enrollment agreements can have been made prior to submitting the application.

PhD projects that have already been initiated are not eligible for support.

The requirements for obtaining the PhD degree follow the current rules and regulations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet).

Funding

A total of DKK 7,8 million is available for funding of up to four grants each of up to DKK 2,6 million.

The research project applied for must correspond to a full time 3-year PhD project. A detailed budget for the PhD Scholarship must be included in the application and the amount applied for must be DKK 2,6 million.

Please note, the PhD project can be conducted over 3-5 years. If the PhD project exceeds three years, this must be approved by the Danish university where the applicant will be enrolled, and the project must correspond to a full time 3-year project. In the application, the reason must be stated as supplementary information under the budget tab, and the project period must be extended correspondingly.

Application process

It is important, that the applicant carefully reads the 2024 updated version of “Information and Guidelines for Applicants – PhD Scholarships in Nursing Research 2024” before initiating the application process, as this document contains the complete call as well as detailed instructions for the application process.