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Eight AU researchers receive Sapere Aude millions

Engineering quantum materials, forms of mental illness representation in contemporary literature, and Europe’s geo-cultural heritage. These are some of the AU research projects which will be part of the Danish Council for Independent Research’s Sapere Aude programme, which resulted in more than DKK 42 million for eight AU researchers on Monday 13 June.

Eight researchers from Aarhus University will receive funding from the Danish Council for Independent Research’s (DFF) Sapere Aude programme which only supports the best researchers.

The following two categories are part of the Sapere Aude programme: Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant and Sapere Aude: DFF Research Talent.

Six of the grants for AU researchers are starting grants. Five researchers at Science and Technology and one researcher at Arts received these six grants amounting to nearly DKK 42 million in total. Two talents at Arts each received a grant of DKK 144,000 as part of the talent programme.

The Danish Council for Independent Research’s Sapere Aude programme grants a total of DKK 124 million for 38 talented researchers in Denmark.

Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant (in Danish):

Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Talent (in Danish):


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