[ Novo Nordisk Foundation | Research funding in data science ]
Event details
| Date | 01.04.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
The Danish Foundation Novo Nordisk has launched a new call for its “Data Science Collaborative Research Programme”. The programme aims to support synergistic research collaborations rooted in data science which:
- lead to new or improved algorithms, methods and technologies within data science and/or
- apply data science to scientific problems within biomedical and health science, life science and industrial applications promoting sustainability, as well as natural and technical science.
Does NOT support: projects where the primary focus is on financial or insurance data, fraud detection, advertisement, social media, social science or humanities, security and mass surveillance, defense, gaming, etc.
Who can apply:
- The consortium can involve 2-6 applicants.
- The main applicant must be at least 50% affiliated to a Danish university, hospital or other non-profit organization, and must hold a teaching or training programme there.
- Co-applicants can be based anywhere in the world.
- Consortia from within data science or across disciplines (like medicine, biology, biotechnology, physics, chemistry, etc.) are both eligible.
- Industrial partners are NOT eligible.
Funding & Duration: max. DKK 15 million (for 2-3 applicants) or max. 30 million (for 4-6 applicants) for up to 5 years. The Foundation will award up to DKK 90 million in total for this call.
Eligible costs: personnel, equipment, data management, materials, consumables and service, collaborative activities, conference participation, publication costs, bench fees, admin support. Does NOT cover overheads.
Deadline for the Expression of Interest: 1 April 2020 at 2 p.m. CET (postponed from 23 March 2020)
Deadline for full applications (upon invitation): 26 August 2020 at 2 p.m. CET
Decision: end of December 2020
Start of the project: between January and December 2021
For further information, please have a look at the call webpage, call guidelines (including application checklist and assessment criteria) and online application system.
Practical information
- General public
- Free