News from the Foundation
The Danish National Research Foundation is ready to invest DKK 1.1 billion in 10 new Centers of Excellence
The board of the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) has decided to invest DKK 657 million and allocate an additional DKK 440 million to 10…
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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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IDUN center leader Professor Anja Boisen receives an ERC Proof of Concept 2019 grant
Professor Anja Boisen, head of center at the DNRF Center of Excellence IDUN, recently received one of the prestigious Proof of Concept (PoC) grants from…
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Other July News in Brief
Poul Nissen and researchers from Aarhus University show first structure of important membrane protein Professor and former DNRF head of center Poul Nissen is the…
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Other May News in Brief
Professor Elvira Brattico from MIB in BBC podcast on sound At this year’s international science festival in Gothenburg, Professor Elvira Brattico, from the Center of…
Read more Agreement on Pioneer Centers initiative is in place – 1 billion DKK to research focusing on major societal challenges
PRESS RELEASE ON THE PIONEER INITIATIVE During the recent negotiation of Denmark’s Financial Act, the parties of the Danish Parliament agreed to give 177 million…
Read more Read the DNRF’s Annual Report 2018
The DNRF’s Annual Report 2018 has now been published and a link can be found below. In the report you can read about the foundation’s…
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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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Other December News in Brief
Head of Center Lone Grams is appointed to the board of Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) As of January 1, 2019, head of the DNRF…
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Four researchers with a connection to the DNRF receive Sapere Aude grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark
Recently, 34 researchers received the good news that they will become Sapere Aude research leaders, with grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Four of…
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Jens Kehlet Nørskov appointed new chair of the Danish National Research Foundation
Press release: The minister of Higher Education and Science, Tommy Ahlers, has appointed Jens Kehlet Nørskov, a professor at DTU, as the new chair of…
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