Novo Nordisk Foundation. Art History Grants
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has announced the following calls for 2024/2025. Deadline is medio January 2025.
Follow the links below to see the in-house procedures for applying through the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies (IKK):
- Mads Øvlisen postdoc fellowships (in-house deadline is 10 November 2024).
- Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships with enrolment and employment at IKK (in-house deadline is 10 November 2024).
- Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships with enrolment at the PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities and external employment (museum, art academies etc.) (in-house deadline is 10 November 2024).
Changes in the procedure may occur, so please read the website again before a deadline. Applications that are handed in after the in-house deadline may be rejected.
The actual calls will be published on the foundation's website ultimo October 2024. Find the formal call and get more information on the Novo Nordisk Foundation website (press "Apply for funds" and choose "Art research" as "overall area"). Remember to read and follow the guidelines carefully.
Mads Øvlisen postdoc fellowships
Deadline for applying for hosting at the department is 10 November 2024. If you wish to apply for a postdoc position based on IKK you need to apply for a hosting commitment from the Head of Department.
In order to apply you must send the following documents to Ida Albert, ikk-forsk@hum.ku.dk:
- Application to be hosted at IKK
- A short project description of max. 1 page (2400 keystrokes)
- The description must include a clear and well-founded indication of 1 or 2 of the department's research clusters your project is relevant for. Enter the description at the bottom of your project description in order of priority if more than 1. Find a description of the clusters on IKK's website.
- Staffing plan in excel template. The plan provides a overview of your project employment that we use to make a salary budget for your application. Please note that the earliest possible starting date is 1 September 2025 or 1 February 2026 regardless of what is stated in the call.
- Summary of Academic Employments in excel template. The summary is used to calculate your seniority and it is important that you state period and working hours for each employment - in estimates if you do not have the precise information. Please, do not PDF the template before handing it in.
Your application will be processed by our Head of Department after which research support officer Ida Albert will return to you with a reply to your request and if positive answer also information on the next step in the process.
You will receive a template with information on how to draft an operating expense budget ultimo November 2024 together with information on how to draft an operating expense budget. You will receive your final budget together with a formal housing confirmation before Christmas or shortly after New Year in a budget format matching the one to be filled in the foundation's system as well as a formal host letter.
Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships with enrolment at the PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities/IKK and employment at IKK
Deadline for applying for hosting at the department is 10 November 2024.
If you wish to apply for a PhD position based on IKK you need to apply for a hosting commitment from the Head of Department (Praxis based PhD applicants and PhD applicants applying with employmet outside IKK must follow a different procedure, see below).
In order to apply you must send the following documents to Ida Albert, ikk-forsk@hum.ku.dk:
- Application for pre-approval of enrolment (please also note which appendices you must include).
- Summary of Academic Employments in excel template. The summary is used to calculate your seniority and it is important that you state period and working hours for each employment - in estimates if you do not have the precise information. Please, do not PDF the template before handing it in.
The relevant documents will be forwarded to the PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities in order for their office to evaluate your possible enrolment. They will return to you with an answer on this by the end of November 2024.
You will receive a template with information on how to draft an operating expense budget ultimo November 2024 together with information on how to draft an operating expense budget.
You will receive your final budget together with a formal housing confirmation before Christmas or shortly after New Year in a budget format matching the one to be filled in the foundation's system as well as a formal host letter.
Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships with enrolment at the PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities/IKK and external employment on museums or art academies etc. (NB: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts does not accept practice-based PhDs this year).
If you wish to apply for a PhD and your employment is based outside IKK you must apply for a pre-approval of your possible enrolment at the PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities (PhD applicants with employment at IKK must follow a different procedure, see above).
To get an pre-approval of your possible enrolment you must email the following documents to ikk-forsk@hum.ku.dk no later than 10 November 2024.
- Application for pre-approval of enrolment (please also note which appendices you must include).
NOTE: In the application budget for Novo Nordisk Foundation you must fill in a tuition fee of DKK 216.000,- (DKK 72.000,-/year) in your application budget. Out of this, you can apply for DKK 36.000,- for travels in relation to your education.