[ Velux Stiftung | Research funding on daylight, healthy ageing and ophthalmology ]

Velux Stiftung was founded in 1980 by Villum Kann Rasmussen, a Danish engineer. He developed a novel window construction that could be installed in sloping roofs, which he named “VELUX” (“Ve” for ventilation, and “Lux” for light).

The Velux Stiftung supports basic and applied research in the fields of:

1. daylight
2. healthy ageing
3. ophthalmology -> NEW: The foundation has recently published its new focus in ophthalmology research. For the next call deadline (September 30, 2020) all projects in ophthalmology research will still be examined, although applications in the new focus will be preferred. From the following call deadline (April 30, 2021), only applications in the new focus will be considered.

• stem from innovative, out-of-the-box ideas,
• be relevant beyond the borders of a single discipline,
• accelerate research by removing bottlenecks,
• enable implementation of research and
• promote and/or implement their results inside and outside academia.

• Both individual researchers and research groups can apply.
• The main applicant (e.g. professor, group leader) must be a permanent employee of a university or other permanent research entity anywhere in the world.
• Non-permanent employees are welcome to apply as co-applicants.

• Research staff costs (personnel costs, doctoral students, teaching replacement).
• Associated research costs (e.g. consumables, conference, travel, publication).
• Equipment costs may be included if duly justified.
• Does NOT cover overheads nor social insurances.

• Please complete and sign the institutional support letter form available in the EPFL Toolkit  and submit it together with your proposal to [email protected] to have the letter countersigned.

• Submit the application form, CVs (max.3pp.), impact potential statement, research proposal, CVs and list of publications (up to 10) in a single PDF to [email protected]. Potential reviewers must be submitted in a separate PDF file.