Who can apply?

In order to apply for a Visiting Researcher Grant, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

• Application can be submitted by senior academics (senior lecturer/associate professor or above).
• At the time of allocation of the grant, you must be employed at a university outside Denmark.
• You must be able to document your intended collaboration with one or more researchers at a Danish research institution (a letter of support from the collaborating host principal investigator should be included)
• You must have an academic degree at PhD level or higher
• You must have an excellent academic record
• You must be able to document teaching experience
• You must be willing to teach/give lectures or participate in organising education or networking activities offered by the DDEA and/or review applications for the DDEA

Employment

The selected candidate and principal investigator at the host institution will be informed about the decision by the DDEA by 12 December 2023.

The DDEA will have no influence regarding the employment of the Visiting Researcher other than allocating the grant to the host institution.

The terms of employment shall be a mutual agreement between the applicant and the host institution/host university where the research will take place.

Commitment to the DDEA 

Selected candidates are expected to (i) be involved in organising or teaching at courses, seminars or workshops offered by the DDEA, and (ii) to participate in general DDEA activities, including annual reporting of activities and research results deriving from the project to the DDEA Secretariat.

How to apply

Applications must be written in English and submitted via our online application form. You can edit and review your data before the final submission.

You must upload your application in a single PDF file.

The application should include the following documents, which should be numbered as specified below:

0. Title page: Name of applicant and project title

1. Abstract in English (half A4-page)

2. Lay abstract in Danish (half to one A4 page) with a short description of your project including purpose of the project and significance for patients/health care professionals/industry (if relevant) (please ask your principal investigator to help you write this abstract)

3. Research plan/project description including:

• specific aims including purpose of visit
• preliminary studies (if applicable)
• research design and methods
• literature cited (no page limit)
• detailed budget
• detailed time schedule for the project

The page limit for the research plan is five pages (font size 12, single spacing), including figures and tables, but excluding references. Applications with research plans exceeding the page limit will not be considered.

4. Motivation letter including (max. one page):

• Description of expected benefit to Danish diabetes and endocrine research
• Description of how you as a DDEA Visiting Researcher may contribute to the DDEA education and networking activities
• Opportunities for knowledge exchange between the Danish host institution and your home institution
• Future career plans

5. Your curriculum vitae (max, two pages)

6. Your publication list with impact factor, H-index and total citations (no page limit)

7. Description of your teaching experience

8. Copy of PhD diploma or highest academic degree diploma

9. Recommendation and acceptance from host principal investigator/host institution including expected benefit to Danish diabetes and endocrine research

10. Short curriculum vitae from host principal investigator (max. two pages)

11. Other relevant documents

After submitting your application you will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application. If you do not receive this email, please contact the DDEA Secretariat at ouh.ddea@rsyd.dk to make sure that your application has been successfully submitted. Please note that the date of submission stated in the e-mail is the date when you created the application.

The DDEA Secretariat will process all incoming applications. Applications that do not fulfil the eligiblility critieria and/or technical requirements will not be considered.

All eligible applications will be submitted to the DDEA’s Grant Review Committee for scientific evaluation.

Evaluation of the applications will consider four evaluation criteria: 1) the applicant; 2) the project; 3) the research environment; and 4) the DDEA funding focus areas: internationalisation, interdisciplinarity and collaboration across sectors.

For further information about the evaluation procedure, selection process and evaluation criteria (including the DDEA’s funding focus areas), please see the guidelines for the DDEA fellowship programme and evaluation criteria.

The DDEA will cover individual expenses for up to five months, including salary, travel and accommodation expenses (up to a maximum of DKK 400,000 in total).

Please note that the DDEA does not cover overhead or operating expenses.

For further information about the Visiting Researcher programme, please contact Managing Director Tore Christiansen: tore.christiansen@rsyd.dk, tel. +45 2964 6764 or Head of Administration Tine Hylle: tine.hylle@rsyd.dk, tel. +45 2374 1691.