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RECRUIT Sabbatical Grants 2025

Call opens
11 November 2024
Call closes
4 March 2025 2:00pm (CET)
Announcement of results
Late August 2025
Recurring calls
Expected November 2025
Application guidelines Send ansøgning

Purpose

The purpose of the RECRUIT Sabbatical grants is to support internationalisation by enabling transient embedment of university faculty in a foreign environment. The grants support university faculty in time-unlimited positions. All candidates for the RECRUIT programme are nominated by Danish universities. A nomination quota for RECRUIT is allocated to each Danish university.

The candidate’s research focus must lie within the strategic research areas of the Natural and Technical Sciences or Biotechnology and Sustainability of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (see Areas of Support in the Guidelines for applicants).

Proposals likely to significantly advance the applicant’s development and benefit the Danish research ecosystem will be prioritised.

About the grants

Amount

Up to DKK 1 million per grant

Location

Going abroad from Denmark, Denmark

Career stage

Research Leaders (Mid-career/Associate Prof.), Research Leaders (Established/Prof.)

Contact

For grant inquiries
Thomas Bentin
Senior Scientific Lead, PhD
[email protected]
Anastassia Khrouchtchova
Scientific Manager, PhD
[email protected]
Rikke Stefansen
Grant Manager
[email protected]

Grant types

The RECRUIT programme contains several open competition grant types:

  • RECRUIT Sabbatical grants: Up to DKK 1 million over up to 1 year. This grant is both available for researchers in Denmark going abroad and international researchers coming to Denmark
  • RECRUIT grants: Up to DKK 25 – 50 million over up to 7 years (the RECRUIT call can be found separately on NNF’s website)
  • RECRUIT Extension grants: Up to DKK 10 million over up to 5 years (the call and guidelines for RECRUIT Extension grants will be made available in due time)

Application process

The application process consists of two phases, where the first phase is undertaken prior to submission deadline by the universities and the second phase by the Foundation after submission deadline.

The Danish university conducts an evaluation of relevant candidates selects which candidates to nominate. This process is organised by the university. A nomination list must be submitted to the Foundation by the university before the application deadline. The university cannot prioritise among the nominated candidates. Only candidates nominated by the university will be considered for funding.

Nominated candidates should prepare and submit an application using the Foundation’s application and grant management system, NORMA.

For more detailed information, please read the Guidelines for applicants carefully.

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