Clinical Distinguished Investigator

The Clinical Distinguished Investigator is a five-year individual research grant supporting clinically active research leaders at professor level to carry out ambitious and clinically relevant translational and clinical research. Grants are intended to strengthen Danish clinical and translational research and may support projects in areas such as disease mechanisms, treatments, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, intervention studies, pilot clinical trials and related biomedical research. Up to two grants may be awarded, each running for five years and with a maximum total budget of DKK 11 million per grant.

A five-year research grant of up to DKK 11 million in total (approximately DKK 2.2 million per year in project expenses); individual grant at the applicant's disposal. Up to two grants will be awarded.

Applicants must be medical doctors and specialist physicians with a Ph.D. or dr. med. degree and be clinical professors (or evaluated as professor-qualified). Applicants must remain clinically active with clinical responsibilities throughout the five-year grant and have institutional support from heads of both the clinical department and the research host department. Master students, Ph.D. students and postdocs are not eligible.

Applications must be submitted through the foundation’s electronic application system using the "Send application" link on the foundation’s site; applicants must upload host and departmental support letters and follow the application guidelines.