Monograph Fellowships

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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.

Deadline

01.10.2025 - 16:00

Frequency

Yearly

Opens

30.06.2025

Amount

Salary and operating expenses

For applicants

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

Purpose

The purpose of Monograph Fellowships is to provide 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, undertaking a project aimed at producing a ground-breaking monograph.

Who?

The applicant must be a tenured associate professor, senior researcher, or professor with 5–20 years of prior tenure. 

The applicant must be employed at a level equivalent to at least 80 % effort at one or more Danish research institutions throughout the grant period.

Any periods of leave will be accepted as extensions of this time limit (parental leave, family care leave, illness, military service, etc.).

Monograph fellows cannot at the same time carry out teaching or administrative duties. Ongoing light administration and limited supervision of PhD students or master’s students that monograph fellows themselves wish to continue is however acceptable.

It is not possible to receive a monograph fellowship twice. 

What?

The Carlsberg Foundation provides funding for the fellow’s full salary plus operating expenses of DKK 8,000 per month. 
 
The operating expenses are at the fellow’s disposal to cover conferences, study trips, etc. and cannot be used to cover overhead costs and administration fees.

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
  • Declaration from the host institution 

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

  • Publishing contract

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.

The project description must include a publication plan.

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

Budget

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

The budget must include the salary of the applicant. Operating expenses of DKK 8,000 per month is added automatically in the budget template.

Project supplement is not included in this type of grant. 

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.

The exact date on which the applicant took up their first tenured position, irrespective of the country, must be stated in the CV.

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.). 

In addition, the applicant must include a list of the ten peer-reviewed publications most relevant to the application and representative of their research career, accompanied by a few sentences explaining the relevance of each publication. 

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

Declaration from the host institution

A declaration from the host institution confirming the minimum of 80 % employment as tenured associate professor, senior researcher, or professor, as well as its willingness to host the project, must be uploaded.

Publishing contract, if relevant

If a publishing contract is already in place, it may be attached to the application. However, having a publishing contract prior to the application deadline is not a requirement for applying. 

Popularised scientific description

Applicants are also required to submit 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 Monograph Fellowships

Processing procedures

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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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2024

29%

Succes rate

2023

28%