RECRUIT – international forskningsrekruttering

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Call opens 11 December 2025 Call closes 26 February 2026 2:00pm (Copenhagen time) Announcement of results June 2026 About the grants Amount Up to DKK 55 million per grant Location International recruitment to Denmark Career stage Research Leaders (junior/non-tenured), Research Leaders (Mid-career/Associate Prof.), Research Leaders (Established/Prof.) Purpose Please note that there are changes to the 2026 call. There will be two calls in 2026, with the next call opening in May. RECRUIT is a mobility grant aiming to strengthen Danish universities in the international competition for top researchers and talents and to build strong ecosystems within the areas of support. The grants support the recruitment of researchers at the assistant-, associate-, or full-professor level. All candidates for the RECRUIT programme must be nominated by a Danish university. A nomination quota for RECRUIT is allocated to each Danish university. Candidates for RECRUIT must be considered excellent at their career level. The candidate’s research focus must lie within natural and technical science research and interdisciplinarity, or biotechnology and sustainability (see Areas of Support in the Guidelines). Grant types The RECRUIT programme offers several types of grants through open competition: RECRUIT grants: Up to DKK 22 – 55 million over up to 7 years RECRUIT Sabbatical grants: Up to DKK 1 million over up to 1 year. This grant is both available for researchers in Denmark going abroad and international researchers coming to Denmark (the RECRUIT Sabbatical call can be found separately on the Foundation’s website) RECRUIT Extension grants: Up to DKK 10 million over up to 5 years (the call and guidelines for RECRUIT Extension grants will be made available in due time) Application process The application process consists of two phases, where the first phase is undertaken prior to submission deadline by the universities and the second phase by the Foundation after submission deadline. The recruiting university conducts an evaluation of relevant candidates and selects which candidates to nominate. This process is organised by the university. A nomination list must be submitted to the Foundation by the university before the application deadline. The university cannot prioritise among the nominated candidates. Only candidates nominated by the university will be considered for funding. Nominated candidates should prepare and submit an application using the Foundation’s application and grant management system, NORMA. List Grant listings All the projects we have funded are listed here. You can customise your search by grant year and category and use free text search.