Field Trips / Research Stays

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

Deadline

01.10.2025 - 16:00

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2025

Amount

Over DKK 100,000

For applicants

CALL CLOSED Call opens: 30 June 2025 Deadline: 1 October 2025, 16:00

Purpose

The purpose of Field Trips / Research Stays is to provide funding for field trips abroad and research stays at foreign institutions with a budget exceeding DKK 100,000.

Who?

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

What?

The Carlsberg Foundation provides funding for costs related to travel, accommodation and transport. 

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

The foundation does not provide funding for hourly or daily (per diem) allowance.

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

Field trips and research stays at foreign institutions with a budget of less than DKK 100,000 must be applied for under the Carlsberg Foundation continuous call for applications.

Requirements

Application requirements

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

The application must be written in English.

Applications that do not meet the specified formal requirements will not be considered for assessment and will be rejected on administrative grounds.

The submission of documents other than those specified below will also result in rejection on administrative grounds.

The selection of the wrong type of grant in CF-Grant will likewise result in rejection on administrative grounds.

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 

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.

If applying for a research stay at a foreign institution, the project description 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 foreign institution.

The use of unconventional technical abbreviations must be kept to a minimum.

Budget

An itemised budget for the amount applied for 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

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. 

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

Declaration from the foreign host institution, if relevant

When applying for a research stay, a declaration from the foreign host institution confirming its willingness to host the project must be uploaded.

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 Ordinary call

Processing procedures

Budget

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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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