Semper Ardens Accomplish
Five-year grants for recently tenured internationally recognised professors to pursue innovative and ambitious research projects.
Deadline
01.10.2025 - 16:00
Frequency
Every other year
Opens
30.06.2025
Amount
DKK 7 - 10 million
For applicants
Purpose
Semper Ardens Accomplish grants are five-year grants to support innovative and ambitious research projects. Projects that venture into new scientific territory will be prioritised.
Who?
The applicant must be a recently tenured internationally recognised professor who has been appointed for a maximum of three years at the date of the application deadline.
Any periods of leave will be accepted as extensions of this time limit (maternity leave, paternity leave, family care leave, illness, military service and so on). The exact employment date must be specified in the CV.
The professor is expected to dedicate at least 50% of their research time to the project.
What?
The total amount applied for must be within a budget of DKK 7–10 million.
Grants for this instrument are given as a framework grant and may be used to cover expenses that are relevant and necessary for completing the activity. The following running costs may be applied for:
- Consumables
- Equipment
- Travel, conferences and similar
The budget may include the following salary items:
- Salaries for postdocs
- Salaries and tuition fees for PhD students (enrolment of the PhD students at a Danish PhD graduate school must be guaranteed)
- Salary for a project coordinator for up to 12 months during the project period
- Salary for a research assistant
- Up to a total of three months’ salary for the applicant
Requirements
- Information
- Project description
- Budget
- Curriculum vitae and list of publications of the applicant
- Short description of the research group and its organization
- Description of the expected impact
- Declaration of support from the host institution
- Curricula vitae and lists of publications of named group members (where relevant)
- Quotes for instruments, register data and such like (where relevant)
- National/international network (where relevant)
Assessment & process
FAQ
The Carlsberg Foundation only supports scientific activities with a strong connection to Danish research, as specified in the Charter of the Foundation, Sect. 9.1. The board of the Carlsberg Foundation interprets this to mean that the applicant may, for example:
- hold a degree from a Danish research institute and subsequently have been employed at a Danish research institute; or
- through personal or family relations be strongly connected to Danish research; or
- possess so strong and demonstrated ties to Danish research that even if the applicant moves abroad to conduct research, e.g., in connection with an internationalization fellowship, the applicant intends to return to Danish research upon the completion of their stay.
These examples are not exhaustive. It is ultimately up to the board of the Carlsberg Foundation to decide whether a connection is considered strong or not.
No. The requirements for the length of the application are described in the guidelines regardless of the number of applicants.
No.
No.
Spring Call: The earliest start date is 1 August, and the latest start date is 1 January the following year. *Except Visiting Fellowships at University of Oxford. Check the guidelines for further information.
Autumn Call: The earliest start date is 1 January, and the latest start date is 1 September. *Except Semper Ardens Advance and Visiting Fellowships at University of Oxford. Check the guidelines for further information.
Yes, shortly after you have submitted your application, you will receive an e-mail with a confirmation that the Carlsberg Foundation has received your application.
You will be able to view your application as a complete PDF file in CF-Grant.
For applications submitted under the ordinary call, applicants can edit the application until the application deadline.
For applications submitted under the continuous call, applicants cannot edit the application after it has been submitted. Instead, the applicant must submit a new application.
Applicants in tenured positions, financed by external funding will not be eligible to apply for the three Semper Ardens instruments. The applicant must be in a tenured position at a Danish research institution.
No, the applicant must be full professor to be qualified to apply.
No, the period as Professor MSO should not be included in the calculation.
Yes.
Please note: The foundation reserves the right to make adjustments to the criteria.