Who is the faculty's biggest research talent?
In 2016, Health established a new award targeting younger research talents. Trine Hyrup Mogensen was the first to receive the award named after Nobel Prize winner Jens Christian Skou. Now it is time to nominate candidates for this year's prize.
This October, the Jens Christian Skou award will be presented for the second time. The deadline for nominating candidates for the talent award is 1 September 2017.
When the Jens Christian Skou award was presented for the first time last year, it was former associate professor, now professor with special responsibilities (MSO) and specialty registrar Trine Hyrup Mogensen from the Department of Biomedicine and the Department of Clinical Medicine who was honoured and also received the DKK 100,000 that comes with the award.
The Jens Christian Skou award can open doors
She tells that receiving the faculty's talent award has had a significant impact – both professionally and personally.
"The Jens Christian Skou award is the biggest and most prestigious academic award that I have received. The award has strengthened my professional profile and created a greater exposure for my research. I receive more invitations to collaborations, conferences etc. than previously and I can sense that the award has generally opened some doors for me. And I have also become professor (MSO) since I received the award last year," says Trine Hyrup Mogensen.
Who is eligible for the award?
The Jens Christian Skou award is given to a junior researcher who is among the international elite. This researcher must be extraordinarily talented within his or her field of research and, at the same time, be able to document exceptional research creativity and productivity within one or more of the faculty’s research areas.
The award recipient must either be employed as a PhD student, postdoc, assistant professor or associate professor at Health. No more than ten years may have passed between the researcher obtaining a PhD degree and receiving the new award.
Who can nominate candidates for the award?
Each of the department heads at Health may recommend two prioritised nominees for the Jens Christian Skou award. The deadline for nominating candidates for this year's award is Friday 1 September 2017. The recommendations should be sent to Adviser Henry Andreasen at hga@au.dk. It is not possible to apply for the award.
The award will be presented annually around the time of Jens Christian Skou's birthday on 8 October at a special event at Health.
Read more about the Jens Christian Skou award and the first award winner in the articles below: