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ELEVEN EXTRAORDINARY AU RESEARCHERS RECEIVE SAPERE AUDE RESEARCH LEADER GRANTS

The Independent Research Fund Denmark will support 35 outstanding, early career researchers with original ideas and strong leadership skills with a total amount of DKK 208 million. Eleven AU researchers are among the recipients and will become Sapere Aude research leaders.

35 excellent Sapere Aude research leaders will set a new course in a wide range of research areas. The Independent Research Fund Denmark has pointed to the very best early career researchers, emphasising groundbreaking ideas and strong leadership ambitions to bolster Denmark's future.

The research leaders will be able to lead their own teams and conduct research at a high international level.

The eleven recipients from Aarhus University have received a total of DKK 66 million. The recipients are:

  • Postdoc Jonas Elm, Department of Chemistry
  • PhD Anne Mette Nyvad, School of Communication and Culture
  • Assistant Professor Kathrin Weyer, Department of Biomedicine- read news
  • Associate Professor Ole Schmeltz Søgaard, Department of Clinical Medicine - read news
  • Associate Professor Kasper Green Larsen, Department of Computer Science
  • Assistant Professor Peter Refsing Andersen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - read news article 
  • Associate Professor Artan Sheshmani, Department of Mathematics
  • Associate Professor Selin Kara, Department of Engineering
  • Assistant Professor Søren Egedal Degn, Department of Biomedicine - read news
  • Assistant Professor Søren Ulstrup, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Trine Kellberg Nielsen, Universität zu Köln

Read the press release from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

 


Sapere Aude means “dare to know”. Sapere Aude: The DFF Research leader grants give excellent, early career researchers, i.e. researchers who have performed research at the top of their field, the opportunity to develop and strengthen their research ideas. The grants will also promote mobility internationally and nationally between research environments and enable the best talents to set up a team of researchers and conduct research at a high international level.

 

 


Sapere Aude means “dare to know”. Sapere Aude: The DFF Research leader grants give excellent, early career researchers, i.e. researchers who have performed research at the top of their field, the opportunity to develop and strengthen their research ideas. The grants will also promote mobility internationally and nationally between research environments and enable the best talents to set up a team of researchers and conduct research at a high international level.

 

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