How to write the best funding application

Four inspirational events help new and experienced researchers get ready to apply for funding from the EU and the Innovation Fund Denmark. Everyone is welcome – also if you are just curious about what applying involves.

Before the end of the year, Health will hold four events to help and inspire researchers to apply for project funding.

Over the course of one hour, you will learn more about one of the biggest funding programmes and find out what requirements you need to meet in order to apply.

The inspirational events will be held as hybrid events, meaning that you can choose to participate in person or online.

If one of your ambitions is to write a qualified funding application, then you will find plenty of inspiration at the four events. There will be presentations by researchers who have already succeeded in obtaining funding from the programme in question, and one of the meetings will also feature a guest from the Innovation Fund Denmark

"Finding inspiration in what’s worked for other researchers in their funding applications is a really good idea. Helping and inspiring each other makes us all better, so I hope that many of you will attend the events – either online or in person," says Acting Dean Hans Erik Bøtker, who will be the moderator at all four events.

Test yourself: Do you have the potential to succeed with the large foundations?

Everyone who is interested is welcome to attend the inspirational events – no matter where they are in their research career. You can also come along even if you are not yet ready to write a funding application.

If you are in doubt about what is required to apply for funding from the European Research Council (ERC) or the Innovation Fund Denmark, you can use AU’s checklists to clarify whether the groundwork for applying is in place.

Test yourself here

 


Event: Applying for EU clusters

Time
30 November 15:00 -16:00

Location
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - 1630, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B.
Attend online at: https://panopto.au.dk/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx?folderID=4f2a37df-3330-48a0-9712-adc700b19ac6 

Objective
Are you interested in collaborative projects with partners from around Europe? At the meeting, we will focus on relevant tools and instruments and discuss the challenges that applicants face in becoming involved in consortium applications to the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe.

 

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Event: Applying to the Innovation Fund Denmark (Grand Solutions) 

Time
2 December 15:00 - 16:00 

Location
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - 1630, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B.
Attend online at: https://panopto.au.dk/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx?folderID=4f2a37df-3330-48a0-9712-adc700b19ac6 

Objective
The inspirational event is open to everyone – but especially targeted towards anyone who has a good research idea that can be realised in collaboration with a company. The aim is to focus on relevant tools and instruments and to discuss the challenges that applicants face in relation to applying to Grand Solutions.

 

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Event: Applying to the ERC (Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants)

Time
7 December 15:00 - 16:00

Location
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - 1630, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B.
Attend online at: https://panopto.au.dk/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx?folderID=4f2a37df-3330-48a0-9712-adc700b19ac6 

Objective
Starting Grants are for applicants who earnt a PhD degree within the last 0-7 years. Consolidator Grants are for applicants who earnt a PhD degree within the last 7-12 years. The aim is to focus on relevant tools and instruments and to discuss the challenges that applicants face in relation to applying for ERC grants.

 

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Event: Become a supervisor on Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Time
8 December 15:00 - 16:00

Location
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - 1630, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B.
Attend online at: https://panopto.au.dk/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx?folderID=4f2a37df-3330-48a0-9712-adc700b19ac6 

Objective
Would you like to supervise a young research talent from another European country? The aim of the Marie Curie Fellowships is to provide early career researchers with an opportunity to gain and pass on new knowledge in a transnational collaboration. At the meeting, we discuss the challenges faced by supervisors in relation to recruiting research talents via the Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships.

 

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