Field Trips / Research Stays

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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

For applicants

Purpose

The Carlsberg Foundation provides support for expenses related to field trips abroad and research stays at foreign institutions with a budget not exceeding DKK 100,000.

Who?

The applicant must be at associate professor/senior researcher or professor level, employed at a Danish research institution.

Applicants who previously have received a rejection from the Executive Management of the Foundation for this type of grant are only eligible to re-apply after a three-month period from receipt of the rejection letter.

What?

Field trips and research stays at foreign institutions with a budget exceeding DKK 100,000 must be applied for under the Carlsberg Foundation autumn call for applications with deadline 1 October.

If applying for a research stay at a foreign institution, the application must clearly state why the applicant has chosen the specific research institution and how the stay creates research synergies between the applicant’s research and the host institution.

The Carlsberg Foundation only provides support for expenses related to travel, accommodation and transport. An hourly or daily (per diem) allowance cannot be applied for.

The foundation only provides support for additional expenses in connection with the inclusion of family for field trips and research stays at foreign institutions of a duration of six months or more.

The foundation does not provide support for expenses related to PhD students' field trips/research stays or changes of research environment.

CALL OPEN Applications must be submitted at least three months prior to the proposed starting date.
The guidelines have been updated January 2025

Requirements

Application requirements

The application must be submitted through the application system CF-Grant

The application must be written in English.

Applications that do not meet the specified requirements will not be considered and will result in an administrative rejection.

Submitting documents other than those specified below will also result in an administrative rejection.

Choosing the wrong type of grant in CF-Grant will likewise result in administrative rejection.

The documents must be uploaded in PDF format.

Required documents to be attached to the application form:

  • Project description
  • Budget
  • Curriculum vitae
  • List of publications of the applicant

Document to be attached to the application form, if relevant: 

  • Declaration from the foreign host institution 

Project description

The project description must be written using Times New Roman, font size 12, margins on the left, right, top and bottom of at least 2 cm and line spacing of 1.5. 

The project description must not exceed two A4 pages (including figures, tables, etc., but excluding references). Any references or bibliography must be added in direct continuation of the project description.

Budget

The budget must be uploaded using the Carlsberg Foundation budget template and must be finalised before upload.

Curriculum vitae

The CV of the applicant must not exceed two A4 pages. Please do not include photo, home address, family information, CPR no., date of birth, or gender.

List of publications of the applicant

The list of publications must first contain a brief summary of the bibliometry of the applicant including links to relevant bibliometric profiles (Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, etc.) 

Next the applicant must include a list of the ten peer-reviewed publications most relevant to the application and representative of their research career, with a few sentences to explain the relevance of each publication. All authors must be listed. 

If this is not possible due to space limitations, it will be sufficient to list the first ten authors and the corresponding author(s)

The list of publications must not exceed two A4 pages in total.

Declaration from the foreign host institution, if relevant

A declaration from the foreign host institution must be uploaded.
The declaration must confirm that the project can be carried out at the institution.

Popularised scientific description

Applicants are also required to complete a popularised scientific description in the CF-Grant application system (up to 400 characters) in relation to their applications. 

This description will be published on the foundation’s website should the application be successful.

Assessment & process

Assessment criteria Continuous call

Processing procedures

Budget

Download budget template

Budget

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FAQ

Please note: The foundation reserves the right to make adjustments to the guidelines.

The Carlsberg Foundation cannot offer individual guidance on projects or elements of projects before the application deadline.

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