To apply for a Visiting Researcher Grant, the following requirements must be fulfilled: 

• Applications 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 DDEA and/or review applications for DDEA. 

Please also consult our Funding Terms.  

Applications must be written in English and submitted via our online application form. 

Please note that you must be logged into the DDEA Grant Website to submit an application. You can create an account here. 

You can edit and review your data before the final submission.
After submitting your final 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 email is the date when you created the application. 

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, project title, name and affiliation of host principal investigator.

1. Abstract in English (half an A4 page).

2. Lay abstract in Danish (half an A4 page). If you do not speak Danish, please ask your principal supervisor to assist you in preparing the abstract. Please note that the lay abstract must be written specifically for a Danish lay audience – that is, in language understandable to non-specialists – and must not be a direct translation of the English abstract.

3. 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 project description is five pages (font size 12, single spacing), including figures and tables, but excluding references. We will not consider applications with project descriptions exceeding the page limit. 

4. Motivation letter (max. one A4 page), including:

• Description of expected benefit to Danish diabetes and/or classical 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. A short description (one to two A4 pages) on how your research project relates to the four DDEA funding focus areas*: Internationalisation, interdisciplinarity, collaboration across sectors, and patient and/or public involvement (in four separate paragraphs). Importantly, the reviewers will also assess this part. 

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

7. Your Curriculum Vitae (max. two A4 pages).

8. Your publication list including journal impact factor, H-index and total citations (no page limit).

9. Description of your teaching experience.

10. Copy of your PhD diploma or highest academic degree diploma.

11. Short Curriculum Vitae of host principal investigator (max. two A4 pages).

12. Other relevant documents

* The four funding focus areas of DDEA

• International collaboration: Such as study abroad; recruitment from abroad; and/or affiliation of collaborators from abroad. The collaboration can be documented by e.g. a collaboration agreement or an email from the collaborator describing the nature of the collaboration. The international collaboration must create actual value for the project and the applicant, and it should therefore be incorporated in the project from the beginning. 

• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Such as affiliation of collaborators from other research disciplines e.g. basic science, clinical science, epidemiology, psychology; and/or integration of different research disciplines in the project. The collaboration must be described in the research plan with regard to the description of the hypothesis, methods and/or idea development. The collaboration should result in synergy between the collaborators. 

• Collaboration across sectors: Such as affiliation of collaborators from other sectors e.g. industry, general practice, university hospitals; formalized agreements with collaborators from other sectors; and/or change of research/work environment in other sectors. The collaboration can be documented by joint publications based on affiliation and educational background of authors, joint and funded applications, patent applications or spin-off companies. The collaboration should result in synergy between the collaborators. 

• Patient and/or public involvement (PPI): The application should include a separate paragraph that reflects on and outlines explicit plans and strategies for PPI in the study. It should be discussed how PPI can improve and contribute to this particular study and detail the benefits and relevance of the study for patients/users and society. PPI requires different approaches in various contexts, such as basic research, epidemiological research, and clinical research. Given the diverse nature of research disciplines and methodologies, the extent and manner of meaningful PPI will vary in applications from different research areas. However, it is imperative that all applications adhere to a baseline level of PPI, as outlined in our Information about the DDEA Funding Focus Areas. 

Evaluation and Selection 

The DDEA Secretariat will process all incoming applications. Applications not fulfilling the eligibility criteria and/or technical requirements will not be considered.  

All eligible applications will be submitted to the DDEA Grant Review Committee for a 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 four funding focus areas: internationalisation, interdisciplinarity, collaboration across sectors, and patient and/or public involvement. 

For further information about the evaluation procedure, selection process and evaluation criteria (including the DDEA funding focus areas), we refer to the Guidelines for the DDEA grant review process and evaluation criteria for grants.   

Conflict of interest 

To ensure that we avoid potential conflicts of interest in the allocation of reviewers for the evaluation of your application, we ask you to indicate whether your PI or Co-PI (or any other members of your project team) has a conflict of interest with any of the international reviewers on the DDEA Grant Review Committee. Examples of conflicts of interest include joint publications or close collaborations within the last five years.

Please consult the list of members of the DDEA Grant Review Committee before submitting your application and indicate in the application form whether any conflicts of interest exist. 

Funding Terms 

We will cover individual expenses, including salary, travel and accommodation expenses up to a maximum of DKK 400,000. The grant will be paid to the Danish host institution, which will cover all expenses (incl. salary and travel) related to your stay(s) in Denmark. Specific funding terms will be outlined in the grant notification letter.  

Please note that we do not cover overhead or operating expenses. 

Employment 

At the time of the grant, you must be employed at a university outside Denmark. DDEA will allocate the grant to the Danish host institution but will have no influence on the arrangement between the host institution and the university you are affiliated to. 

Commitment to DDEA 

As a DDEA visiting researcher, we expect you to be involved in organising or teaching at courses, seminars, or workshops offered by DDEA, to participate in general DDEA activities, and to submit an annual reporting of activities and research results deriving from the project.  

For further information about the Visiting Researcher Grants, please contact Managing Director Tore Christiansen at tore.christiansen@rsyd.dk, tel. +45 2964 6764 or Management Assistant Mette Kjær Faurskov at mette.kjaer.faurskov@rsyd.dk, tel. +45 2491 5676. 

For information about user login to the DDEA Grant Website, please contact the DDEA Secretariat at ouh.ddea@rsyd.dk or Office Assistant Mette Roed at tel. +45 2466 9802.