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A top researcher and nine research group leaders from AU awarded major grants by the Danish Council for Independent Research

Søren Fournais, a professor of mathematics at Aarhus University, has just received a DFF Advanced Grant of DKK 12 million from the Danish Council for Independent Research Sapere Aude programme. Other grant recipients from AU include nine senior researchers who each received a grant of up to DKK 7 million over a four-year period to kickstart new research projects.

2015.06.24 | Rikke Skovgaard Lindhard

Photo: Tariq Mikkel Khan

Since 2010, the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF) has been awarding generous grants to both junior and senior researchers through the researcher talent development programme Sapere Aude. On 23 June 2015, the recipients of Step 2 and Step 3 grants were announced. Step 2 grants are aimed at promising junior researchers, and Step 3 grants go to top senior researchers.

AU professor of mathematics Søren Fournais was one of the recipients of the six Step 3 advanced grants. Fournais works on the mathematics behind quantum mechanics. His research project will focus on the magnetic properties of quantum-mechanical systems. The Sapere Aude grant of DKK 12 million over a five-year period will finance long-term research stays abroad that will enable Fournais to expand and strengthen his international research network.

Nine AU research group leaders awarded Step 2 grants

The recipients of the Sapere Aude Step 2 DFF Starting Grants awards were also announced. Nine of the twenty grants go to AU researchers, each of whom will receive a grant of up to 7 million kroner to finance a research project of up to four years. The nine AU researchers are (all profiles in Danish):

Faculty of Health:

Aarhus BSS:

Faculty of Arts:

Faculty of Science and Technology:

About Sapere Aude

The Danish Council for Independent Research awards 26 prestigious Sapere Aude grants to some of Denmark’s most visionary and innovative researchers. Grants totalling DKK 170 million are awarded through the Sapere Aude programme. Six Sapere Aude: DFF Advanced Grants of up to DKK 12 million are awarded to fund a specific research project for up to five years. Twenty Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grants of up to DKK 7 million are awarded to fund a research project over a five-year period.

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