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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED IN 2012
Centre for Medieval Literature (CML)
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Center leader:
Professor Lars Boje Mortensen
Total grant:
59.2 million DKK
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Center for Permafrost Dynamics in Greenland (CENPERM)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Center leader:
Professor Bo Elberling
Total grant:
99.7 million DKK
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Center for Quantum Devices (QDev)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Center leader:
Professor Charles Marcus
Total grant:
111.3 million DKK
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Center for Nanostructured Graphene (CNG)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Center leader:
Professor Antti-Pekka Jauho
Total grant:
89.6 million DKK
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Center for International Courts (iCourts)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Center leader:
Professor Mikael Rask Madsen
Total grant:
70.0 million DKK
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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED I 2015
Center for Chromosome Stability (CCS)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Center leader:
Professor Ian D. Hickson
Total grant:
110.0 million DKK
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Center for Music in the Brain (MIB)
Location:
Aarhus University
Center leader:
Professor Peter Vuust
Total grant:
98.2 million DKK
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Centre for Carbon Dioxide Activation (CADIAC)
Location:
Aarhus University
Center leader:
Professor Troels Skrydstrup
Total grant:
85.0 million DKK
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Center for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet)
Location:
Aarhus University
Center leader:
Professor Rubina Raja  
Total grant:
105.0 million DKK
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Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP)
Location:
Aalborg University
Center leader:
Professor Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Total grant:
85.2 million DKK
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Center for Intelligent Oral Drug Delivery and Sensing using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Center leader:
Professor Anja Boisen
Total grant:
96 million DKK
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Center for Silicon Photonics for Optical
Communications (SPOC)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Center leader:
Professor Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe
Total grant:
100.6 million DKK
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Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (HYPERMAG)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Center leader:
Professor Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen
Total grant:
55.0 million DKK
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Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease (CARD)
Location:
The Danish Cancer Society
Center leader:
Professor Marja Jäättelä
Total grant:
95.4 million DKK
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Center for Personalized Medicine Managing Infectious Complications in Immune Deficiency (PERSIMUNE)
Location:
Rigshospitalet
Center leader:
Professor Jens Lundgren
Total grant:
100.1 million DKK
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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED IN 2017/2018
Center for Proteins in Memory (PROMEMO)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Anders Nykjær
Total grant:
115.1 million DKK
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Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Claus Thustrup Kreiner
Total grant:
96.8 million DKK
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Center for Cellular Signal Patterns (CellPAT)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Jørgen Kjems
Total grant:
85.0 million DKK
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Center for Electromicrobiology (CEM)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Lars Peter Nielsen
Total grant:
100.7 million DKK
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Center for Microbial Secondary Metabolites (CeMiSt)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Leader:
Professor Lone Gram
Total grant:
104.3 million DKK
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Center for Privacy Studies (PRIVACY)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Mette Birkedal Bruun
Total grant:
83.0 million DKK
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Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks  (Hy-Q)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Peter Lodahl
Total grant:
62.0 million DKK
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The Cosmic Dawn Centre (DAWN)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Sune Toft
Total grant:
66.2 million DKK
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Center for  Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS)
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Leader:
Professor Susanne Mandrup
Total grant:
65.0 million DKK
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Center for Macroscopic Quantum States (BigQ)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark   
Leader:
Professor Ulrik Lund Andersen
Total grant:
63.0 million DKK
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National Science Foundation (NSF) 
(1.0 million DKK, which is included in the above mentioned center grants).
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED IN 2020/2021
Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert 
Total grant:
68.1 million DKK
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Center for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination (CEDISC)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Total grant:
63.0 million DKK
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Danish center for Hadal research  (HADAL)
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Leader:
Professor Ronnie Nøhr Glud 
Total grant:
54.6 million DKK
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Center for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark   
Leader:
Professor Stig Helveg
Total grant:
85.8 million DKK
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Center for Nanophotonics  (NanoPhoton)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark  
Leader:
Professor Jesper Mørk
Total grant:
62.9 million DKK
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Center for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PREDICT)
Location:
Aalborg University  
Leader:
Professor Tine Jess
Total grant:
68.8 million DKK
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Center for High Entropy Alloys Catalysis (CHEAC)
Location:
Technical University of Denmark
Leader:
Professor Jan Rossmeisl
Total grant:
61.3 million DKK
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Center for Interstellar Catalysis (InterCat)
Location:
University of Copenhagen  
Leader:
Professor Liv Hornekær
Total grant:
67.8 million DKK
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Copenhagen Center for Geometry and Topology (GeoTop)
Location:
University of Copenhagen 
Leader:
Professor Nathalie Wahl
Total grant:
60.5 million DKK
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Center for Complex Quantum Systems (CCQ)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Thomas Pohl
Total grant:
35.1 million DKK
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DNFR CHAIRS ESTABLISHED IN 2020-2023
Professor Jesper Svejstrup
Location:
University of Copenhagen 
Total grant:
15.0 million DKK
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Professor Morten Ørregaard Nielsen
Location:
Aarhus University
Total grant:
7.1 million DKK
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Professor Staffan Persson
Location:
University of Copenhagen 
Total grant:
8.0 million DKK
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Professor Peter Jørgensen
Location:
Aarhus University
Total grant:
7.9 million DKK
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Professor Vivek Shende
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Total grant:
8.0 million DKK
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Professor Anders Johansen
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Total grant:
8.5 million DKK
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Professor Samir Bhatt
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Total grant:
6.8 million DKK
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Professor Ruth Loos
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Total grant:
8.0 million DKK
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Professor Vitor Cardoso
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Total grant:
9.8 million DKK
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Professor Gregory Clark
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Total grant:
10.0 million DKK
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Professor Ana Cvejic
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Total grant:
9.4 million DKK
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Professor Vijay Tiwari
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Total grant:
9.9 million DKK
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Professor Hanna Marjaana Toumisto
Location:
Aarhus University
Total grant:
10.0 million DKK
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PIONEER CENTERS ESTABLISHED IN 2021-2023
Pioneer Center for Artificial Intelligence
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Serge Belongie
Total grant:
144.0 million DKK
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Pioner Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Total grant:
70.0 million DKK
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Pionercenter for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery
Location:
Technical University of Denmark  
Leader:
Professor Tejs Vegge
Total grant:
116.0 million DKK
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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED IN 2022/2023
Center for Immunology in Viral Infections (CiViA)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Søren Riis Paludan
Total grant:
60.0 million DKK
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Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Pandemic Signatures (Pandemix)
Location:
Roskilde University
Leader:
Professor Lone Simonsen
Total grant:
47.0 million DKK
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Center for Polariton-driven light-matter (POLIMA)
Location:
University of Southern Denmark
Leader:
Professor N. Asger Mortensen
Total grant:
60.0 million DKK
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Centre for Culture and the Mind (CULTMIND)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor with special responsibilities Ana Antic
Total grant:
39.0 million DKK
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Center for Gene Expression (CGEN)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Jesper Svejstrup
Total grant:
69.0 million DKK
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Center for Chemistry of Clouds (C3)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Merete Bilde
Total grant:
60.0 million DKK
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Center for Big Data in Finance (BIGFI)
Location:
Copenhagen Business School
Leader:
Professor Lasse Heje Pedersen
Total grant:
59.4 million DKK
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Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Jens-Christian Svenning
Total grant:
60.0 million DKK
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Center for Volatile Interactions (VOLT)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Riikka Rinnan
Total grant:
60.0 million DKK
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Centre for Ancient Environmental Genomics (CAEG)
Location:
Aarhus University
Leader:
Professor Eske Willerslev
Total grant:
75.0 million DKK
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Center for Global Mobility Law (MOBILE)
Location:
University of Copenhagen
Leader:
Professor Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
Total grant:
36.0 million DKK
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COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CENTER LEADERS/OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR CENTERS
Total grant:
11.2 million DKK