Awards and Prizes
Riikka Rinnan from CENPERM receives one of the Elite Research Prizes 2020
Professor Riikka Rinnan, from the Center of Excellence CENPERM at the University of Copenhagen, is among this year’s five winners of the Ministry of Higher…
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The DNRF Niels Bohr Professor John McGrath receives international prize for schizophrenia research
Professor John McGrath recently received the Lieber Prize for his research on schizophrenia, research that was partially conducted as part of his Niels Bohr Professorship…
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DNRF heads of center Rubina Raja and Carsten Rahbek receive the DM research prize 2019
For the 13th time, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs (DM) has awarded research prizes to two researchers, and this year’s recipients are both…
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Other November News in Brief
Two researchers connected to the DNRF are among the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s 35 new Sapere Aude Research Leaders; a new study from CCG about…
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Previous DNRF-head of center Karl Anker Jørgensen is the first recipient of H. C. Ørsted Gold Medal in 30 years
For the first time in 30 years, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and the Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science decided…
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Mikael Rask Madsen receives the Carlsberg Foundation’s Award 2019
Professor and head of the DNRF center iCourts, Mikael Rask Madsen, was recently awarded one of this year’s two Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes. The prize…
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Other March News in Brief
Kirsten Marie Jensen received an honorary award for one of the world’s most talented female scientists Kirsten Marie Jensen, former Ph.D. student at the DNRF’s…
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The winning pictures in the DNRF’s photo competition 2019 have been chosen
Photos have the ability to unseal the world of science in a surprising and inviting way by revealing its beauty or otherwise fascinating appeal. The…
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The winner of the DNRF Photo Competition 2019: Root nodules can hold the key to a sustainable agriculture
The subject of this year’s winning photo in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019 looks like something found in the far away areas of the universe,…
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Fascinating photo of a dental examination on a dead hedgehog has won second prize in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019
A photo of a dead hedgehog getting a dental examination is the second place winner in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019. Today, researchers know very…
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Photo of aggressive brain cancer cells wins third prize in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019
A photo of cancer cells in motion has been awarded third prize in the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2019. The cells originate from an aggressive type…
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Kristian Thygesen from CNG receives the Elite Research Prize 2019
Professor Kristian Sommer Thygesen, from the Center of Excellence CNG, is among this year’s five prize winners of the prestigious Elite Research Prizes. The prizes…
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Seven talented researchers with a connection to the DNRF are among this year’s Villum Young Investigators
Out of 21 researchers selected as this year’s Villum Young Investigators are seven researchers with a connection to the DNRF. The Villum Young Investigators program…
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DAWN-affiliated post-doc Peter Laursen wins award for best research communication at Forskerzonen in 2018
Astrophysicist Peter Laursen, a post-doc at the University of Oslo and also affiliated with the DNRF Center of Excellence Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) at the…
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Ane Fisker from CVIVA receives the Lundbeck Foundation’s Research Prize for Young Scientists 2018
Doctor and senior researcher at the DNRF’s Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA) Ane Bærent Fisker has received the Lundbeck Foundation’s Research Prize for Young…
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