We aim to support early career researchers with ambitions of creating their own, independent research identity, and with the potential to significantly contribute to research in technical and natural sciences at a Danish research institution.
YIP +
From 2021, the Villum Young Investigator programme has been supplemented with YIP extension grants aka. YIP + to secure a stable research career for the most talented Villum Young Investigators. A YIP+ grant is up to DKK 4 million and cannot cover the salary of the applicant. The YIP+ grant period is up to three years.
In he fourth year of their five-year grant period, Villum Young Investigators will receive an invitation to apply for a new three-year project. It is expected that 10-15 YIPs can apply each year, of which up to about five may obtain a YIP+ grant. Last possibility to apply for this programme will be in 2023.
VILLUM FONDEN supports internationalisation, and with the Villum Young Investigator Programme we encourage Danish universities to support and recruit Danish as well as international researcher talents.
A total of DKK 130 million is expected to be allocated to the programme in 2023.
Who can apply?
The ideal applicant is an exceptionally talented young researcher within technical and natural sciences. Applicants must have between two and eight years of research experience after completion of their PhD.
You may apply a total of two times for a Villum Young Investigator grant.
When?
The programme is announced once a year in open competition, with an application deadline in June, and a final decision in December.
Grant amount
Researchers currently employed by a Danish university can apply for a maximum of DKK 7 million, including 15% for indirect costs.
VILLUM FONDEN wants to encourage the recuitment of leading international researchers to Denmark. If you have been employed outside Denmark and have been so for at least two of the past three years at the time of application you can apply for a maximum of DKK 9 million, including 15% for indirect costs.
Time frame
The duration of the grant is five years.
Join a community
As a Villum Young Investigator, you will join a community of like-minded researchers and attend one or two seminars each year on relevant topics, such as recruitment or research management.
Call: Villum Young Investigators
Application deadline: 8 June 2023, 12:00 noon.
22 new Villum Young Investigators i 2023
See the video Ten years with the Villum Young Investigator Programme.
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