Calls in open competition 2022 – 2026

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Open and upcoming calls for applicants.

The Carlsberg Foundation supports basic research at the highest international level in the fields of natural science, social science, and the humanities. The research must be carried out by Danish researchers as well as foreign researchers connected to the Danish research environment or Danish science. Within the above-mentioned subject areas, we also support research infrastructure and science communication.

Open calls

Deadline 01.03.2026 - 16:00

Carlsberg Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Centres

Six-year grants for internationally recognised research groups to support visionary interdisciplinary research projects at the highest international level aiming at scientific breakthroughs.

Opens

25.09.2025

Amount

Maximum DKK 50 million

Conferences

Grants for international conferences, workshops and network meetings in Denmark.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Maximum DKK 80,000

Publication

Grants for the publication of monographs based on research supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Project related

Field Trips / Research Stays

Grants for field trips abroad or research stays at international research institutions with a budget not exceeding DKK 100,000.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Maximum DKK 100,000

Urgent research projects

Urgent research support.

Frequency

All year around

Amount

Project related

Upcoming calls

Deadline 01.03.2026 - 16:00

Carlsberg Mindelegat

Grants for researchers communicating their own research to non-scientific target groups.

Frequency

Half-yearly

Opens

01.12.2025

Amount

Maximum DKK 200,000

Deadline 01.03.2026 - 16:00

Science Communication

Grants for professional communication of topics within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to non-scientific target groups.

Frequency

Half-yearly

Opens

01.12.2025

Amount

Maximum DKK 3 million

Deadline 01.04.2026 - 16:00

Internationalisation Fellowships

Two to three-year postdoctoral fellowships for research at an international research institution and a Danish research institution.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.01.2026

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Research Infrastructure

Grants for equipment or apparatus.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Min. DKK 300.000

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Digital Research Infrastructure

Grants for the procurement of register data, access to databases, or the establishment of databases or text corpora.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Minimum DKK 300.000

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Reintegration Fellowships

Two-year postdoctoral fellowships at Danish research institutions for postdoctoral fellows returning from research stays abroad.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Accelerate

Three- to five-year grants for newly appointed tenured associate professors to consolidate an independent research group or research environment.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Maximum DKK 7 million

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Monograph Fellowships

One-year full-time fellowships for leading, visionary researchers within the humanities or social sciences, or within interdisciplinary fields that may branch into the natural sciences, with a project aimed at publishing a ground-breaking monograph.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Field Trips / Research Stays

Grants for field trips abroad or research stays at international research institutions with a budget exceeding DKK 100,000.

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

Over DKK 100,000

Deadline 01.09.2026 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Advance

Five-year grants for internationally recognised professors as well as research groups to support visionary research projects at the highest international level aiming at scientific breakthroughs.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

31.05.2026

Amount

DKK 15 - 25 million

Deadline 01.04.2027 - 16:00

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Danish Institute at Athens

A two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Danish Institute at Athens to conduct research within archaeology, history, languages, literature, visual art, architecture and cultural traditions in Greece and the Mediterranean countries.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

31.01.2027

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.04.2027 - 16:00

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Danish Institute in Rome

A two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Danish Institute in Rome to conduct research within the humanities, social sciences and/or natural sciences.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

31.01.2027

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

Deadline 01.09.2027 - 16:00

Semper Ardens Accomplish

Five-year grants for recently tenured internationally recognised professors to pursue innovative and ambitious research projects.

Frequency

Every other year

Opens

31.05.2027

Amount

DKK 10 - 13 million