RECRUIT — Grants for International Recruitment
Supports Danish institutions recruiting international academic talent across major career stages.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation's RECRUIT programme is a mobility grant scheme designed to help Danish universities compete internationally for top academic talent by providing substantial, long-duration financial packages to support the recruitment of outstanding researchers at assistant-professor, associate-professor, and full-professor career levels. The Autumn 2026 call opened on 5 May 2026 and cl…
Nomination-based grants for Danish universities to recruit internationally competitive researchers at assistant-, associate-, and full-professor level in natural and technical sciences, biotechnology, and sustainability.
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