LF Ascending Investigators

The purpose of this call is to support established and talented scientists at Danish non-commercial research institutions to further develop their careers through support of significant research contributions with a potential benefit for neuroscience and therapies for nervous system disorders.

The Lundbeck Foundation’s ambition is to make Denmark leading in neuroscience research by funding relevant biomedical, health, clinical and other sciences in Denmark. The goal is to foster world-class research at Danish universities and Danish university hospitals. At the same time, our grants must help provide an environment that stimulates the best graduates and scientists at all career levels.

The Lundbeck Foundation believes that diversity strengthens science and for this reason diversity, including, but not limited to, gender and ethnic origin, is encouraged. It is therefore important that we receive applications from as many qualified scientists as possible, from all backgrounds

Research theme:

Advancements in neuroscience often develop from cross-disciplinary interaction, leading to novel insights into biological mechanisms, trial design, emerging technologies, etc. With this call, we invite applicants to submit proposals from any research field with potential benefit for the advancement of neuroscience and/or therapies for nervous system disorders. The term ‘neuroscience’ is used here in its broadest sense, including medical, technical, natural and social sciences as well as humanities.

We expect you to be an experienced and independent researcher with a demonstrated ability to conduct original research at a high international level, either as a permanent/tenured or tenure-track staff member at a university, or in an equivalent position at a university hospital in Denmark. We welcome applications from Danish-based researchers and researchers from abroad who wish to move to Denmark.

Your project proposes frontline clinical, translational, or basic research with a potential benefit for neuroscience, and the research must be based at a non-commercial Danish research institution. At the time of the submission deadline, you must not have an active grant portfolio for the calendar year 2022 exceeding an annual total of DKK 3 million for which you are principal investigator (PI); only grants for which you are lead PI should be included in this total. If changes in the active grant portfolio for 2022 occur after 18 May, a revised research grant summary must be submitted at the latest 1 September 2022.