Starting grants are for establishing your own independent research group. These grants are fairly large - up to 10 mio DKK. The criteria are excellence and vision. So, if you have a strong CV, can document mobility and have an outstanding idea for a large research project, these grants are for you.
Be aware that they often come with restriction in terms of PhD age and that they are very often mutually exclusive. Most foundations do not want you to hold more than one starting grant.
Starting Grants
January-March
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DFF - Sapere Aude
Deadline - 23rd of March, 2023
Amount - 4.3 millions excluding overhead for 4 years -
Novo - Emerging Investigator grants within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology
Deadline - 11th of January, 2023
Amount - 10 mio DKK for 5 years -
Novo - Emerging Investigator within endocrinology and metabolism
Deadline - 17th of January 2023
Amount - 10 mio DKK for 5 years -
Novo - Emerging Investigator within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology
Deadline - 11th of January, 2023
Amount - 10 mio DKK for 5 years -
Novo - Hallas-Møller Emerging Investigator - Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine
Deadline - 11th of January, 2023
Amouont - 10 mio DKK for 5 years
April-June
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Danish Cancer Society - Young Talented Cancer Researchers
Deadline - 12th of May, 2023
Amount - Up to 4 M DKK for 3 years -
DFF - Danish ERC Programme
Deadline - 10th of May, 30th of August, 18th of October, 2021
Amount - 1.2 mio DKK incl overhead for 2 years -
DFF - Inge Lehmann
Deadline - 16th of June, 2022
Amount - 2 mio DKK excl OH for 3 years -
Villum - Young Investigator
Deadline - 9th of June, 2022
Amount - 6 or 8 mio DKK for 5 years
July-September
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DFF - Danish ERC Programme
Deadline - 10th of May, 30th of August, 18th of October, 2021
Amount - 1.2 mio DKK incl overhead for 2 years -
Lundbeck - Fellowship
Deadline - 1st of September 2022
Amount - Up to 10 M DKK for 5 years -
Novo - Data Science Emerging Investigator
Deadline - 15th of August, 2023
Amount - 11 mio DKK for 5 years
October-December
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Carlsberg - Semper Ardens: Accelerate
Deadline - 1st of October, 2023
Amount - 5 mio DKK for 3 years -
DFF - Danish ERC Programme
Deadline - 10th of May, 30th of August, 18th of October, 2021
Amount - 1.2 mio DKK incl overhead for 2 years -
ERC - Starting Grant
Deadline - 25th of October, 2022
Amount - €1.5 mio for 5 years