The Danish Council for Independent Research has just awarded research funds totalling more than DKK 40 million. Four of the recipients are researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital.

2014.02.20 | Anders Corydon Frederiksen

It has just been made public that four researchers from Health are among the recipients of grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research. Archive: AU Communication.

A total of 25 research talents have received financial support from the Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences (FSS). The financial support goes towards shared positions under the Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences, as well as to younger research talents and postdocs.

Four researchers from Health receive grants

Trine Hyrup Mogensen from Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases Q, has received a grant of DKK 1,204,636 for a so-called FSS shared position in Denmark for her research into virus infections in the central nervous system.

Tanja Tvistholm Sikjær from Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, has received a grant of DKK 327,730 for a so-called FSS shared position in Denmark. She is conducting research into patients suffering from a illness with no or reduced production of parathyroid hormones.

Postdoc Mette Laursen from Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, has received a postdoc grant of DKK 2,087,780. The grant has been awarded for her research into the fatal disease tuberculosis.

Michael Skovdal Rathleff from Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, has received a postdoc grant of DKK 2,040,816. He is conducting research into anterior knee aches among children and young people.

Facts about the grants

• The FSS shared positions are divided so that six months of the year will be allocated to a research project, while the rest of the time is spent in a clinical position.
• The postdoc grants are given to younger researchers with the aim of providing them with the best conditions to deliver good research results at the highest level.
• The Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences published the names of 25 total recipients of their grants on Wednesday, 12 February 2014.
• The total funding amounts to approx. DKK 43.3 million.

Read more

• Find out more about Trine Hyrup Morgensen’s and Tanja Tvistholm Sikjærs’ research at the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s website.
• Find out more about Mette Laursen’s and Michael Skovdal Rathleff's research at the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s website.

Further information

Trine Hyrup Mogensen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases Q
trine.mogensen@dadlnet.dk

Tanja Tvistholm Sikjær
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine
Direct tel: +45 8949 7740
tanja.tvistholm.sikjaer@ki.au.dk

Postdoc Mette Laursen
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Direct tel: +45 8716 7579
ml@biophys.au.dk

Michael Skovdal Rathleff
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine
Direct tel: +45 9932 1111
MSR@SUNDHED.AU.DK