We welcome applicants to consider their project group composition, and encourage new collaborations. We particularly invite applications with a clear interdisciplinary aspect, e.g. as reflected in methods and/or modes of analysis.
Project budgets must be used before 31st December 2023.
Seed funding comes in two batches, up to 30.000 DKK and up to 75.000 DKK. It is not an advantage that applications hit the full amount, unless motivated by the logic of the project.
Please fill in the application form, including a detailed budget and a short abstract of the project outline.
Grant holders are expected to:
Applications must be sent by e-mail to Christine Parsons: christine.parsons@clin.au.dk
The evaluation committee has a diverse range of backgrounds. Please write your text with this diversity in mind, and consider whether you need to include specialist terminology.
In addressing the project interdisciplinarity question, it can be helpful to point to the specific disciplines represented in your project. If your project team is all from the same department or group, it is important that you provide a clear statement on interdisciplinarity.
If your proposed project is conducted as part of a PhD project it can be helpful if you indicate whether funding is required for a planned component, or whether this is a new, non-central part of the PhD thesis. It may be that you require funding to do the study, or this is an idea that has arisen outside of the project scope. In either case, it can be useful for the evaluation committee to understand this.
There is a general preference for funding projects where the main applicant is a non-tenured member of staff. You might consider how your project can be structured to support talent development. If a masters student or a PhD student is central to carrying out the project, they may be named as the collaborator.
If your application concerns a project that is already underway, or already has obtained significant funding, it is important to describe the necessity of seed funding. Will the seed funding allow you to take the work in a new interdisciplinary direction and build further upon the results? Typically, new projects are favoured, so it is important that you address the potential for new directions and growth if your project has started.
If your first application is unsuccessful, please consider amending based on feedback, or seeking additional feedback if required, and re-applying.