Villum Young Investigator
Funds early-career scientists in Denmark to build independent teams, leadership, and long-running research programmes.
The Villum Young Investigator 2026 program, administered by the Villum Foundation in Denmark, offers grants of up to DKK 9 million over five years to early-career researchers in technical and natural sciences who are establishing their own independent research groups at Danish institutions. The per-grant amount includes an indirect-cost supplement of DKK 257,000 per full-time academic staff equiva…
Independent research group formation in technical and natural sciences by early-career researchers (2–8 years post-PhD) at Danish institutions; health and veterinary research are excluded.
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