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13 talented, young researchers get a unique opportunity for stays in international research environments
13 emerging researchers are now ready to journey around the world, immerse themselves in their research, and kickstart their research careers. With them, they bring DFF-International Postdoctoral Grants from Independent Research Fund Denmark for 26.6 million DKK.
See all 13 International Postdoctoral grants here
Independent Research Fund Denmark has allocated 26.6 million DKK to 13 International Postdoctoral grants to strengthen Danish research through international collaboration. The purpose of the postdoc grant is to support younger researchers at the beginning of their research careers, develop their research skills, and enhance their international mobility. The Fund's five research councils award the grants to researchers who have obtained a PhD from a Danish institution.
For up to two years, the research talents travel abroad to immerse themselves in their respective research fields, spanning a wide range of scientific fields. Their research includes how and why the Earth's wind and weather conditions vary, the paradoxes and conflicts that arise in the fight against climate change, and how wealth, status and social inequality developed in North and Central Europe in the late Neolithic period.
Recipients of the International Postdoctoral grants are from University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Roskilde University, Aarhus University, Aalborg University, Technical University of Denmark and The Capital Region of Denmark.
Travelling to America, Oceania and Europe
Two of the young researchers are travelling to Lund University in Sweden, and three researchers are travelling to separate universities in Germany. One researcher is travelling all the way to Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and two researchers are travelling to different universities in the US. The remaining researchers are travelling to universities in four different countries: deCODE genetics in Iceland, Queen Mary University of London in England, University of Otago in New Zealand and Vrije University in the Netherlands.
With the postdoctoral grants, Independent Research Fund Denmark aims to strengthen and develop the internationalisation of Danish research, allowing talented researchers the opportunity to spend some of their research careers abroad.