Calls in open competition 2022 – 2026

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Open and upcoming calls for applicants.

The Carlsberg Foundation supports basic research at the highest international level in the fields of natural science, social science, and the humanities. The research must be carried out by Danish researchers as well as foreign researchers connected to the Danish research environment or Danish science. Within the above-mentioned subject areas, we also support research infrastructure and science communication.

Open calls

Deadline 01.09.2024 - 16:00

Science Communication

Grants for professional communication of topics within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to non-scientific target groups.

Frequency

Half-yearly

Opens

31.05.2024

Amount

Maximum DKK 3 million

Deadline 01.09.2024 - 16:00

Carlsberg Mindelegat

Grants for researchers communicating their own research to non-scientific target groups.

Frequency

Half-yearly

Opens

31.05.2024

Amount

Maximum DKK 200,000

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Advance

Five-year grants for internationally recognised professors as well as research groups to pursue visionary research projects aimed at cross-scientific breakthroughs.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

DKK 10 - 20 million

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Accelerate

Three-year grants for newly appointed tenured associate professors to establish an independent research group or research environment.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

Maximum DKK 5 million

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Research Infrastructure

Grants for equipment, register data, databases, etc.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

Project related

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Monografi Fellowships

One-year full-time fellowships for leading, visionary researchers within the humanities or social sciences with a project aimed at publishing a ground-breaking monograph or advanced Danish doctoral dissertation.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Reintegration Fellowships

Two-year postdoctoral fellowships at Danish research institutions after a Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship or another research stay abroad.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Field Trips / Research Stays

Grants for field trips abroad or research stays at international research institutions with a budget exceeding DKK 100,000.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

Over DKK 100,000

Deadline 01.10.2024 - 16:00

Internationalisation Fellowships

One-to-two-year postdoctoral fellowships for a research stay at a leading international institution.

Frequency

Half-yearly

Opens

30.06.2024

Amount

DKK 450,000 / 500,000 / 550,000 per year

Conferences

Grants for international conferences and workshops in Denmark.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Maximum DKK 80,000

Field Trips / Research Stays

Grants for field trips abroad or research stays at international research institutions with a budget not exceeding DKK 100,000.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Maximum DKK 100,000

Publication

Grants for the publication of monographs based on research supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Project related

Upcoming calls

Deadline 01.10.2025 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Accomplish

Five-year grants for recently tenured internationally recognised professors to pursue innovative and ambitious research projects.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

30.06.2025

Amount

DKK 7 - 10 million

Deadline 01.04.2025 - 16:00

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Danish Institute at Athens

A two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Danish Institute at Athens to conduct research within archaeology, history, languages, literature, visual art, architecture and cultural traditions in Greece and the Mediterranean countries.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

31.01.2025

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.04.2025 - 16:00

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Danish Institute in Rome

A two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Danish Institute in Rome to conduct research within the humanities, social sciences and/or natural sciences.

Frequency

Hvert andet år

Opens

31.01.2025

Amount

Salary and operating expenses