CARLSBERG FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANTS┋SEMPER ARDENS: ACCELERATE

Three-year grants for newly appointed tenured associate professors to establish an independent research group or research environment, including the acquisition of research infrastructure (equipment, register data, etc.) and the formation of national/international networks.

CALL OPEN

Deadline: 1 October 2023
The guidelines have been updated June 2023.

Purpose

Semper Ardens Accelerate grants are three-year grants to support the consolidation of an independent research group or research environment, including the acquisition of research infrastructure (equipment, register data and such like) and the formation of national/international networks.

Who can apply

The applicant must be a tenured associate professor who has been appointed for a maximum of two years at the date of the application deadline. Any periods of leave will be accepted as extensions of this time limit (maternity leave, paternity leave, family care leave, illness, military service and so on). The exact employment date must be specified in the CV.

The associate professor is expected to dedicate at least 50% of their research time to the project.

What can be applied for

The total amount applied for must not exceed DKK 5 million.

Grants for this instrument are given as a framework grant and may be used to cover expenses that are relevant and necessary for completing the activity. The following running costs may be applied for:

• Consumables
• Equipment
• Travel, conferences and similar

The budget may include the following salary items:

• Salaries for postdocs
• Salaries and tuition fees for PhD students (enrolment of the PhD students at a Danish PhD graduate school must be guaranteed)
• Salary for a research assistant
• Up to a total of three months’ salary for the applicant

The earliest start date is 1 January, and the latest start date is 1 September.

Application requirements

The application must be submitted through CF-Grant (application system)

Please note that failure to comply with the following requirements will result in an administrative rejection of the application.

The application must be written in English using Times New Roman, font size 12, margin on the left, right, top and bottom of at least 2 cm and line spacing of 1.5.
The following appendices, and only these, must be uploaded with the application in PDF format (please note that other formats are not accepted):

Required documents:

• Project description
• Budget
• Curriculum vitae and list of publications of the applicant
• Short description of the research group and its organisation
• Declaration of support from the host institution

If relevant to the application (see explanation below):

• Curricula vitae and lists of publications of named group members
• Quotes for instruments, register data and such like
• National/international network

Project description
The project description must not exceed 6,000 characters (including spaces, figure captions, formulas and such like) and must not exceed two A4 pages (including figures, tables and such like, but excluding references). Any references or bibliography must be added in direct continuation of the project description.

Budget
An itemised budget for the amount applied for must be uploaded using the Carlsberg Foundation budget template, including a justification of the budget items.

Curriculum vitae and list of publications of the applicant
The CV of the applicant must not exceed two A4 pages. Do not include picture, home address, family information, CPR no., date of birth, or gender.

A list of publications for the main applicant from the last five years must be uploaded in the same PDF file as the CV.

The list of publications must only include research that has been published or accepted for publication. The name of the applicant must be in bold font and the order of authors must be indicated exactly as listed in the original publication. All co-authors must be mentioned. If, however, the number of authors exceeds 10, it is sufficient to list the first 10.

The list of publications must be chronologically arranged and divided into the following categories:

Peer-reviewed publications:

• Articles
• Monographs
• Peer-reviewed papers published in conference proceedings
• Book chapters
• Anthologies

Non-peer-reviewed publications, for example

• Articles
• Monographs
• Book chapters
• Anthologies

Patent references for patents obtained or applied for that are relevant to the applicant's research. Any patent references should be included in the list of publications on equal terms with scientific articles.

Links to external materials may be included but will not be considered in the evaluation of the application. If an h-index is included in the list of publications, it must be clarified how the index was calculated.

Short description of the research group and its organisation
A short description of the research group and its organisation must be uploaded, including its prospective composition, diversity and gender balance.

The description must not exceed two A4 pages.

Curricula vitae and lists of publications of named group members (where relevant)
CVs and lists of publications of each named team member must be uploaded, following the same guidelines as for the applicant. Each CV and publication list must be uploaded as a single PDF file.

Quotes for instruments, register data and such like (where relevant)
Quotes for instruments, register data and such like must be uploaded.

National/international network (where relevant)
A specification of proposed activities (such as trips, meetings, symposia, conferences and so on) and their costs in relation to establishing a national and/or international research network must be uploaded.

Evaluation of the proposal

Each full application will be sent to three high-level international experts within the relevant scientific area(s) for external peer review.

Each reviewer will be asked to assess the application according to the Carlsberg Foundation’s “Assessment Criteria for Reviewers”.

The peer reviews will serve as an important input to the board’s decision, but it is the board that makes the final decision.

The peer reviews will be treated in confidentiality by the board.

Please note: The foundation reserves the right to make adjustments to the criteria.