Excellence project - endocrinological research - Nordic Region
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Excellence Project for Young Researchers within Endocrinology
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Excellence Project 2012 consists of up to four five-year grants of 5 million Danish kroner each (one million Danish kroner annually). It is possible to apply for projects within the fields of
Basic, translational and/or clinical endocrinology research
Prerequisites
The projects must be carried out in a Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden).
The project must be of high international standard.
Applicants must have completed their PhD within the past seven years.
Applicants may be clinicians or experimental researchers.
Content
Each project is granted one million Danish kroner annually for five years.
The grant covers project costs, such as own payroll and operational expenses.
Process
The Foundation's application system (see below) is to be used for the entire application process.
The process begins with the submission of a letter of intent with deadline 23 January 2012.
By 8 February 2012, the Foundation will inform if the applicant can expect to proceed.
The applicant is then asked to prepare a project application with a deadline of
5 March 2012.
The final decision will be made on 19 March at which date the applicant should be prepared to participate in an interview with the committee in Copenhagen.
All letters of intent and project descriptions will be assessed by the Foundation's Nordic Research Committee.
Please note that the grants will be awarded on 29 March 2012 in the afternoon at an official celebration in the Foundation's premises at Tuborg Havnevej. Once the names of the grantees are known, a program and an invitation will be sent out.
The application form with detailed guidelines is available on the Foundation's website, www.novonordiskfonden.dk, by 20 December 2011. The letter of intent is to be completed using the Internet-based application system and submitted electronically to the Foundation no later than 4 p.m. on 23 January 2012.
Applications must be completed in English, whether or not the applicants have Danish, Norwegian or Swedish as their native language.