Nordic Research Opportunity – National Science Foundation (USA)

In 2009 the DNRF entered into a cooperative agreement with the NSF, providing an opportunity for graduate research fellows funded by the NSF to spend up to a year at a DNRF Center of Excellence. The agreement is aimed at strengthening the internationalization of the Centers of Excellence and, at the same time, offering American Ph.D. students the opportunity to obtain international experience in a Nordic research environment of the highest level.

The program, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Nordic Research Opportunity (NRO) functions as a supplemental grant under the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellow Program, which finances approx. 900-1600 fellowships annually. The program aims to support studies for up to three years, leading to a research-based master’s or Ph.D. degree.

Call for proposals 2012 is now open

The deadline for applying for a Nordic Research Opportunity is January 20 2012. Read the Dear Colleague Letter here.

Read more about the NRO 2012 here.

Financial terms

The NSF finances students’ scholarships and travel expenses, while the DNRF provides attractive, supplemental funding to the host Centers of Excellence, covering extra expenses related to the stay as well as expenses related to the research and education of the Fellow.

Funding

In relation to the first call in 2010 three grants were initiated involving the:

• Centre for Metal Structures in Four Dimensions
• Centre for Ice and Climate
• Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate

In 2011 there will be significantly increased interest, as nine Graduate Research Fellows are initiated:

• Jan Marie Andersen, Center for Star and Planet Formation, University of Copenhagen
• Josephine Bodle, Wilhelm Johannsen Center for Functional Genomics, University of Copenhagen
• Anthony Johnson, Center for Metal Structures in 4D, DTU Risø
• Kristen Jones, Dark Cosmology Center, University of Copenhagen
• Dani Moore, Center for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen
• Christina Skelton, Center for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen
• Hiroaki Tanaka, Centre for Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces, Aarhus University
• Sharda Umanath, Center on Autobiographical Memory Research, Aarhus University
• Sam Lewallen, Centre for Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces, Aarhus University

Contact research adviser Marie-Louise Munch for more information about the collaboration with the NSF.

National Science Foundation (US)

The NSF is an independent national organization established in 1950, with the aim of promoting research and the development of science. The organization has an annual budget of $6.9 bil. (2010) and is responsible for app. 20% of the publicly supported basic research at American educational institutions.