Four Villum Young Investigators upgraded to YIP+
30.01.2023 l Latest news
This year’s extension grants for the Villum Young Investigator Programme (YIP) are to be awarded to four outstanding researchers at Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen and DTU. The researchers will each receive an additional grant worth almost DKK 4 million.
A YIP+ grant is up to DKK 4 million and the grant period is up to three years from 2023.
This year, the YIP Programme has granted a total of DKK 142 million, including DKK 16 million to YIP+ recipients.
In 2021, VILLUM FONDEN launched YIP+ to help ensure stable university careers for the most talented Villum Young Investigators (YIP) at associate professor level, where it was difficult to find funds at the time. Next year, however, the possibility of additional funding will be closed:
"In the last few years, there have been more opportunities to apply for research funding for associate professors, and we have therefore chosen to discontinue YIP+ after this year. So the next application round will be the last opportunity to apply for a YIP+ grant," says Thomas Bjørnholm, Executive Chief Scientific Officer of VILLUM FONDEN.
This year’s grants will ensure a stable research career for four of the most talented YIP recipients from the 2018 cohort. The four researchers have all proven their talent for excellent research and have presented ambitious plans for their future research.
Below you can read their abstracts - click on the researcher’s name to see more:
At the end of March 2023, current YIP grant recipients with grant letters dated January 2019 will receive an invitation to apply no later than 12:00 on 9 June 2023.
Applicants’ salaries cannot be covered by these grants, and their host institution must confirm unambiguously that applicants hold a permanent faculty position or equivalent at a Danish research institution.
It is expected that 10-15 YIP recipients may apply each year, of which up to approx. five may be awarded a YIP+ grant.
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