Five AU students honoured with royal award
Five students from Aarhus University will soon be venturing out into the world to expand their academic horizons. They are all recipients of Queen Margrethe II's travel grant, and during their exchange abroad they’ll have a chance to explore their academic interests, from shipwrecks from the Middle Ages, political behaviour and physiology to cystic fibrosis and electric racing cars.
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Five promising talents from Aarhus University will be able to study abroad and expand their knowledge, thanks to the DKK 25,000 HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grants they have been awarded. The grants will be presented at the university's annual celebration in the Main Hall on Friday 13 September.
The five recipients of the 2024 Queen Margrethe II Travel Grant are:
Johan Trap-Godau, Bachelor's student in archaeology, Arts
What can shipwrecks from the Middle Ages tell us about trade and networks in the 14th century? Johan Trap-Godau intends to use the travel grant for a study trip to explore this questions. He will visit museums in Germany or Poland, or to Hanseatic offices such as Bruges or Bergen, where he can access large archaeological collections and data to explain how maritime trade networks in the Middle Ages were organised.
Amalie Andkær Pedersen, Master's student in political science, Aarhus BSS
Amalie Andkær Pedersen is particularly interested in how party affiliation affects on voters’ political attitudes and what underlies the polarisation of voters who vote for different parties. Amalie Andkær Pedersen intends to use the Queen’s travel grant to study at Sciences Po, the prestigious university in Paris that specialises in social sciences.
Rebecca Fjord Jørgensen, Bachelor's student in biology, NAT
Rebecca Fjord Jørgensen is fascinated by physiology, especially the link between the molecular and cellular levels and how the body functions as a whole. Rebecca Fjord Jørgensen has used the travel grant to support an exchange the Department of Pharmacology, University of São Paulo in Brazil.
Amalie Quist Rousing, Master's student in biomedicine, Health
Amalie Quist Rousing is interested in research into cystic fibrosis – a genetic condition thatcauses thick mucus to build up in the lungs and pancreas. The HM Queen Margrethe II’s Travel Grant will help Amalie Quist Rousing finance a trip to Australia, where she will complete clinical training in an urgent care centre in Brisbane.
Carl Johan von Düring Lausen, Bachelor’s student in mechanical engineering, Tech
Carl Johan von Düring Lausen is a member of AU’s interdisciplinary team for Formula Student, an international student engineering competition where students develop and build electrically powered racing cars. The travel grant will support Carl Johan von Düring Lausen’s travel in connection with his Bachelor's project to participate in Formula Student 2025 in the Netherlands.
Read more about all five grant recipients
Read more about Queen Margrethe II’s time as a student at Aarhus University (in danish)
Read more about the annual celebration
About the HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grants
The travel grant was established in 2010 as a present to HM Queen Margrethe on the occasion of her 70th birthday and was extended in 2012 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. A total of five grants are awarded. At Aarhus BSS and Arts, the grants go to students of political science and archaeology – the two subjects that Her Majesty studied during her time as a student at Aarhus University in 1961-62. No restrictions with regard to subject apply to candidates from Health, Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences. The 25,000 kroner travel grants are intended to make it possible for their recipients to study abroad in connection with their studies at Aarhus University.