The Danish National Research Foundation invests 585 mil DKK in 11 new Centers of Excellence

The Danish National Research Foundation has completed its seventh application round and has decided to initiate contract negotiations to establish 11 new Centers of Excellence that will set the stage for outstanding ideas and visionary research.

Read the press release here

The DNRF annual report 2011

The Annual report (only available in Danish) for 2011 has been published.

Download the Annual report 2011 here

Niels Bohr Professors 2011

The Niels Bohr Professorship Program seeks to attract strong, international, senior-level researchers who are able to significantly advance Danish research through the internationalization of a specific area of research in Denmark. The DNRF envisions to support 6-8 professorships with mDKK 200 in total.

Information for applicants

Information about the new and previous professorship programs

Many ERC Advanced Grants in the hands of DNRF center leaders

In total 9 Danish researchers receive the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants in the funding round of 2012 and amongst them we find four center leaders of the foundations Centers of Excellence.

Eugene Polzik receives ERC Grant for research in Interface Quantum Optical Interfaces for Atoms and Nano-electro-mechanical Systems (Press release in Danish)

Bo Barker Jørgensen receives ERC Grant for research in Microbial life under extreme energy limitation

Henning Friis Poulsen receives ERC Grant for research in Diffraction Based Transmission X-ray Microscopy (Center coverage in Danish)

Kristian Helin receives ERC Grant for research in DNA methylation, hydroxymethylation and cancer

It is natural for exceptional research to be carried out with international collaboration involving experts from all over the world