News from the Foundation

Looking Back to Gain a Full Perspective as You Move Forward
We can only understand the present and shape the future by understanding the past.
Conversation with center leader Rubina Raja.

New member appointed to the DNRF board
Minister of Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund has just appointed Einstein Professor Stefan Hecht as a new member of the board for the Danish National Research Foundation.
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A Historical Outlook
Conversation with professor Mette Birkedal Bruun about how the humanities can create value for and have an impact on the world outside the DNRF research center.
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December stardust
Two more distinguished researchers from our DNRF centers have received international recognition for their research achievements.
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New CEO of the Danish National Research Foundation
Professor Niels Mejlgaard will assume the role of CEO of the Danish National Research Foundation as of Monday, January 13, 2025.
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A legal revolution
How has innovation evolved at our basic research centers established within the humanities and social sciences?
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Distinguished recognition of four DNRF professors
Once again we have the opportunity to congratulate brilliant scientists who were acknowledged for their groundbreaking basic research
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730 mil. DKK. for 13 new Centers of Excellence
The board of the Danish National Research Foundation has decided to support the establishment of 13 new DNRF Centers of Excellence.
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The climate-friendly cow
The third-place winner of the 2024 Photo Competition is looking into how ruminants digest feed to help cut down their methane emissions.
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Concrete abstractions
Professor Nathalie Wahl has won 2nd place in the DNRF’s photo competition 2024 with a photo that shows how mathematicians use the blackboard to capture wild ideas and infinite spaces.
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The winner of the 1st prize in the DNRF Photo Competition 2024 opens a Gateway to New Knowledge and Insight.
Christian Vium is the winner of this year’s photo competition with the photograph entitled “Epiphany,”
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CEO for the Danish National Research Foundation
The DNRF is seeking an experienced and ambitious CEO with strong leadership skills to head the Foundation’s operating activities and set and reach long-term strategic […]
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Nine wise pieces of advice for the creative research process
The DNRF has published a new inspirational publication that contributes to a current debate on the power of ideas in research. A theme that the online media Science Report has been focusing on in the recent weeks.
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Further Achievements
We are often reminded of how much talent the Danish research world possesses when scientists win prizes, publish in prestigious journals, or in other ways are acknowledged for their research. And we are immensely proud and happy when the excellent academics derive from one of our centers.
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New Chairman of the DNRF
For decades, Dahl-Jensen has been at the forefront of research related to ice core drilling and Arctic sea ice. As a glaciologist, she has helped […]
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