Semper Ardens Advance

Semper Ardens Advance is a five-year flexible framework grant for individual researchers or research teams to pursue visionary research projects aimed at high-level scientific breakthroughs. It is awarded to professors with an established international research profile or to research teams of 2–4 applicants, prioritising projects that venture into new scientific territory and may involve strong synergies across research groups or fields. Grants must mainly support research activities carried out in Denmark, Greenland, or the Faroe Islands and may cover running costs, certain salaries, and research-related expenses. The total award applied for must be between DKK 15 million and DKK 25 million.

DKK 15–25 million over five years; coverage for consumables, equipment, travel, research stays, conferences, leadership courses; salaries for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students (with Danish PhD enrolment), limited salaries for research assistants and project coordinators, and student assistants.

Individual applicants must be tenured professors with an established international research profile holding at least an 80% FTE tenured professorship at one or more Danish, Greenlandic, or Faroese research institutions at the application deadline and throughout the grant period. Team applications (2–4 applicants) require the main applicant to be a tenured professor and other team members to hold tenured senior research positions (at least 80% FTE). Applicants are expected to dedicate at least 50% of their active research time to the project. Previous Semper Ardens Advance recipients are not eligible to apply or participate.

Submit an application in English through the CF-Grant application system with required documents (project description, budget, CVs, publications list, host institution declaration, etc.). All documents uploaded as PDFs.