[ 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 daylight, healthy ageing and ophthalmology which:

• stems from innovative, out-of-the-box ideas,
• is relevant beyond the borders of a single discipline,
• can accelerate research by removing bottlenecks,
• enables implementation of research and
• whose results will be promoted and/or implemented inside and outside academia.

• Both individual researchers and research groups.
• 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.

• EPFL applicants are kindly invited to fill out the Institutional Support Letter template available in the EPFL Toolkit, have it signed by the Dean and, if applicable, by the Director of the Institute and the Head of Unit, and send it, together with the proposal, to [email protected] by 23 April 2020 for the institutional signature.

• Submit the application form, CVs (max.3pp.) and list of publications (up to 10) in a single PDF to [email protected].