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New templates: Do you process personal data in your research?
When collecting personal data as a researcher, you generally need to inform the relevant people (data subjects) that you are processing their personal data. This is called the information duty. The purpose of the information duty is to secure transparency for the data subjects about how you will process their personal data.
AU’s templates for information duty, scientific research purposes and informed consent have just been updated. You can find them here:
- Scientific research purposes
- Information duty
- Do you have any questions? Then you can contact the data protection coordinator at Arts, Louise Buchhave (lobu@au.dk).
Social security at the School of Communication and Culture
It is important to factor in social security – understood as the right to benefits such as parental leave and sickness benefits – when appointing international researchers with external grants if they are living and working in countries other than Denmark (including part time), as there could be significant costs associated with such appointments. The school is unable to cover social security costs for employees involved in externally funded projects. In such cases, the costs must be covered by the project, so it is important to take this into account when applying for external funding. Arts HR (in collaboration with Arts Finance) has offered to assist in calculating the costs of social security. The research consultants are responsible for inquiring about and verifying whether social security considerations are relevant when approving budgets. If you have any doubts about social security, you can always contact one of the school’s research consultants.
Project handbook for researchers with external grants – updated
The aim of this handbook is to provide researchers at the School of Communication and Culture with a single source of information about what happens when they receive an external grant, and to help PIs/grant holders find any advice they may need. The latest edition of the handbook addresses co-publication, among other things. The handbook was updated in June 2024.
- Find the project handbook here.
New decision regarding named Ph.D. candidate in major applications
The Graduate School of Arts has decided that, when applying for funding for a named Ph.D. candidate in connection with larger research applications, pre-approvals in the future should be based on an assessment of the candidate's qualifications (CV and diploma) as well as a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 pages of project description formulated by the named Ph.D. candidate. This applies to applications where the Principal Investigator (PI) writes a project description on behalf of the entire research group. From this, the named candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to write an independent sub-project description.
Obtaining a statement of no previous convictions in respect of children
A ministerial order has been issued which implies that we are obliged to obtain a statement of no previous convictions in respect of children for employees whose work will involve direct contact with children under the age of 15. If you (or members of your research group) interview or observe children, a statement of no previous convictions in respect of children may need to be obtained. However, such a statement must only be obtained if you are alone with the child, i.e. if the child is not accompanied by a parent or guardian, childcare professional or teacher in an interview situation or the like.
First, you can contact the research consultant (hbk@cc.au.dk) if you belong to the target group or if you are in doubt as to whether a statement needs to be obtained. You can also read about the process of obtaining a statement of no previous convictions in respect of children here.
Are you applying for the Novo Nordisk Foundation: Mads Øvlisen stipends? Or the Ny Carlsbergfondet PhD and postdoc stipends?
It has been pointed out to us that external applicants find the school’s online information regarding research very confusing. Therefore, the external website (Research at the School of Communication and Culture) has been given a structural and aesthetic overhaul. The website has been made more simple, and you can now find information about, for example, the school’s research organisation and specific information about the processes for the Novo Nordisk Mads Øvlisen fellowships and the New Carlsberg Foundation’s PhD and postdoc fellowships as well as information about Marie Curie.
- See the new external website here.
Workshops, webinars and masterclasses
Do you have an idea for a school workshop?
We would be happy to hear from you, if you have any ideas for research-related workshops to be held at the school. Simply reach out to the research consultant with suggestions and wishes in this regard.
Explorative lunch meetings at the Faculty of Arts
Are you interested in exploring cross-disciplinary themes or issues with researchers from other faculties at AU? Have you got a new, untested, crazy, experimental or inspiring idea for a new angle on research collaboration between ARTS and the other AU faculties (HEALTH, BSS, NAT and TECH)? An explorative lunch meeting at the Faculty of Arts might be exactly what you’re looking for. The Faculty of Arts is inviting its researchers (assistant professors, associate professors and professors) to propose a variety of cross-disciplinary themes which could be explored at a series of lunchtime meetings in 2022 with a view to conducting a broad investigation of the cross-disciplinary potential in various new research ideas or fields. Proposals are welcome on an ongoing basis. You can read more about the procedure here.
Calls for applications - autumn 2024
Circle U. mobility pool 2024
Application deadline: Ongoing
One of the faculty’s strategic initiatives is to increase the level of internationalisation of our teaching and research. The Circle U. mobility pool provides support for staff who would like to spend some time at one of eight different universities in Europe. The pool is aimed at both researchers (at least at the assistant professor level) and administrative staff at Arts. The applications are assessed by the vice-dean for research. Funds are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Funds can be applied for to cover travel and accommodation expenses as well as hourly/daily allowances in accordance with state and AU rates and rules. A maximum of DKK 20,000 is available per person for each trip. There is no minimum/maximum number of travel days. For group trips, you can apply for a maximum of DKK 50,000 per trip. For study trips for a group of students, a maximum of DKK 20,000 is allocated for bus travel (other expenses are financed by the students).
Entertainment expenses, including dinners and gifts, conference and course participation or project expenses such as materials, transport of equipment and so on, are not covered.
Calls for applications - spring 2025
ERC Consolidator Grant (CoG)
Application deadline: 14 January 2025
Deadline for notifying the research consultant: 28 August 2024 (send an email to research consultant Lise Marie Andersen: (lmand@cc.au.dk)
This year’s ERC CoG call opens on 26 September 2024, and the deadline for applications is 14 January 2025. The Consolidator Grant is aimed at researchers who wish to consolidate their independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a successful career in Europe. The grant is highly competitive, so it is important to start early if you plan to apply. The Research Support Office has a team of ERC specialists who will be able to help you if you notify the school’s research consultant coordinating ERC applications before the notification deadline.
- Read more about the call here.
- Download the Research Support Office’s process plan for ERC CoG 2025 here.
Novo Nordisk Foundation: Grants to support art history research 2025
Application deadline: 16 January 2025 at 14:00
Mads Øvlisen PhD Scholarships within Art History and Practice-Based Artistic Research
The Novo Nordisk Foundation aims to give talented graduates the opportunity to pursue a research career within art history and practice-based artistic research and thereby contribute to ensuring top-level research within these fields in Denmark.
- Applicants must have a master’s degree or equivalent qualifications at the time of submitting the application.
- Read more about the call here.
- You will find the school’s internal process and timetable designed for applicants here.
Mads Øvlisen Postdoc Fellowships
The Novo Nordisk Foundation aims to give talented researchers the opportunity – as part of their research career – to carry out high-quality research projects and thereby make a significant contribution to research in art and art history in Denmark.
- To be considered for a fellowship, applicants must have a PhD degree or similar qualifications. (For applicants who have not yet obtained approval of their PhD thesis, applications will only be considered if the supervisor’s statement is received by the Novo Nordisk Foundation by 24 March 2025. The PhD degree must have been obtained before the postdoc fellowship can be activated.)
- Read more about the call here.
- You will find the school’s internal process and timetable designed for applicants here.
Investigator Grant in Art History Research
The Novo Nordisk Foundation wants to give the most talented researchers within art history the best conditions to dedicate themselves to research at a high international level for an extended period of time and thereby strengthen art history research in Denmark.
- Applicants must be at postdoc, senior researcher, assistant/associate professor or professor level and must have carried out documented, independent, original and significant research at an advanced level.
- Read more about the call here.
Project Grants for Research in Art History
The Novo Nordisk Foundation wants to contribute to art history research in Denmark by giving talented researchers the opportunity to carry out research projects at a high academic level.
- Applicants must be involved in art history research and be affiliated with a university, museum or other Danish knowledge institution (administrating host institution) during the grant period.
- Read more about the call here.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Visiting Scholarship in Art & Art History
The Novo Nordisk Foundation wants to attract international top researchers within art and art history to educational and research institutions in Denmark with the aim of strengthening and enriching such academic environments with insights into current international trends within art and art history. The visiting scholarship is awarded to ambitious and excellent projects within art history and visual arts. The proposed project must be of relevance to visual arts as well as the research environment at the host institution.
- The visiting scholar must be a researcher or an artist at the level of tenure-track assistant professor, associate professor or professor from a recognised, international university, research institution or art academy.
- Read more about the call here.
Fulbright grants for Danish scholars in the 2025/2026 academic year
Application deadline: 12 February 2025 at 12 noon
Fulbright Denmark awards grants to scholars undertaking a self-planned research and teaching stay at a university in the USA. The grants are awarded to postdocs, assistant professors, associate professors or professors. The duration of the stay must be one or two semesters (4-10 months), and the grant amount is DKK 200,000.
