The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) is inviting applications for the Conferences, Symposia and Workshops Programme to promote knowledge sharing and networking activities by providing leading as well as younger researchers and students with opportunities to present and discuss the newest research and innovation activities within their fields.
The programme is focused on supporting medium-sized events with a duration of 1-3 days typically. The events are organised by the applicants themselves and are located at the organisers’ home institution unless another location is more appropriate. The events must take place in the Danish Commonwealth (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland).
Areas of Support
Biomedical and health science research and applications
Life science research and industrial applications promoting sustainabilit
Natural and technical sciences research and interdisciplinarity
Research in art histor
Innovation
Education and Outreach
Funding Information
Grants between DKK 50,000 and 500,000 are awarded. The total grant budget per year is DKK 8.2 million.
Location: Denmark
Eligibility Criteria
Mandatory
The applicant
Is the lead organiser of the event
Must be affiliated with a university, hospital, art academy, or other public research or educational institution in Denmark, or with a museum or other not-for-profit knowledge institution in Denmark
Can be either a researcher at a high international level, a younger researcher, or be engaged in the development of STEM teaching
Cannot be an organisation or a professional event organiser
The event
Must be held in Denmark
Must be within one of the research fields
Is focused and targets the research field of the applicant specifically
Must include internationally prominent speakers
Must include at least one poster session, furthermore, other similar activities with the specific aim to engage young researchers are encouraged
Must be presented in as much detail as possible in the application, and CVs for invited speakers who have already given consent to participate must be appended to the application
Must be publicised widely and be open to the public
must be executed in the timeframe May 2023 – August 2024 – events planned later than this are requested to apply at one of the upcoming biannual calls of the programme
Strongly Encouraged
Organiser(s) should consider gender diversity when selecting the speakers
The event should have a small or no registration fee for younger researchers and students, and the general registration fee should be kept low enough to adhere to the “open to the public” requirement
The event should have presentation slots for younger researchers and students.
