The Carlsberg Foundation awards postdoctoral fellowships to 18 researchers

The 18 postdoctoral fellowships are distributed on 14 Internationalisation Fellowships, 3 Visiting Fellowships at University of Oxford and 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Danish Institute at Athens.

In line with the Carlsberg Foundation's strategic objective of strengthening international research collaboration, the grants are awarded to improve the opportunities of the younger generation of researchers to gain important experience through stays abroad at some of the best international universities. Through these grants, the Carlsberg Foundation also wants to contribute to promoting the opportunities of younger researchers to establish themselves as independent researchers - in Denmark and internationally.

”I wish to congratulate all the grant recipients on the opportunity to join some of the most excellent international research environments for a period of up to two years. It is evident, that stays in foreign research environments are professionally rewarding, and that they form fertile ground for researchers to be better equipped to find and join international collaborations in the future. At the same time, it is personally developing for researchers to devote a period of time for research activities in an environment outside their 'comfort zone'”, states the Carlsberg Foundation CEO, Professor Lasse Horne Kjældgaard.

From Hellenistic historiography to broad-spectrum drugs against RNA viruses

Internationalisation Fellowships and Visiting Fellowships at University of Oxford are awarded for a research stay of minimum one year and maximum two years, while the Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Danish Institute at Athens is awarded for a two-year period.

The granted postdoc fellowships are distributed on 9 fellowships within the natural sciences, 4 fellowships within the humanities and 5 fellowships within the social sciences. The 18 fellowships cover research topics as diverse as implications of using freelancers and the impact of Aristotelian thought on Hellenistic historiography to the historical impact of malaria in Denmark and broad-spectrum drugs against RNA viruses.

The 18 grants have been awarded in open competition based on applications received for the Spring Call 2023. The foundation received 49 applications distributed on 23 within the natural sciences, 17 within the humanities and nine within the social sciences. The foundation received 21 applications from female applicants and 28 applications from male applicants. Seven grants are awarded to female researchers, while 11 grants are awarded to male researchers.