In 2024, the Augustinus Foundation will be awarding DKK 40 million to research projects that contribute to the preservation, presentation and understanding of our shared cultural heritage. This year’s round of applications opens on 1 February 2024 and closes on 15 May 2024.
Find more information on the foundation’s website (DK only).
Read the call here (PDF) (DK only).
Guidelines for applications (DK only).
The following deadlines apply to the internal process at the School of Communication and Culture:
DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
15 March 2024 at 23:59 | Deadline for notifying the research consultant Please contact the school’s research consultant and the coordinator in Arts Finance if you wish to apply for funding from the cultural heritage pool. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk Coordinator, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
22 April 2024 at 23:59 | Strategy statement To obtain a strategy statement (must be attached to the application to the foundation), please send the following to the research consultant:
| Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
22 April 2024 at 23:59 | Prequalification of a named PhD candidate If the project includes a named PhD student, the prequalification process below must be followed: The main applicant must obtain approval from the relevant PhD programme director, confirming that it will be possible to enrol the candidate in question as a PhD student if funding is granted. The following appendices must be sent to the research consultant and the relevant PhD programme director:
If the candidate is approved, the main applicant will receive a confirmation document from the head of the Graduate School, Arts, Anne Marie Pahuus. | PhD programme director(s): Art, Literature and Cultural Studies, Stefan Iversen: norsi@cc.au.dk ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism, Anders Albrechtslund: alb@cc.au.dk Language, Linguistics, Communication and Cognition, Mikkel Wallentin: mikkel@cc.au.dk Arts PhD Administration: Anna Louise Dolan Plaskett: plaskett@au.dk Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
3 May 2024 at 23:59 | Budget approval Submission of the final budget for approval by the head of the School of Communication and Culture (via the research consultant). | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
15 May 2024 at 12:00 | Application deadline Submission of application incl. appendices to the Augustinus Foundation: Link to the application portal: https://augustinusfonden.dk/ansoegning/ | |
15 May 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter) | Filing When the application has been uploaded via the Augustinus Foundation’s application portal, the application and appendices must be submitted as a single PDF file to the research consultant for filing in Workzone. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
Late 2024 | Creating your project When applicants receive a reply (regarding the awarding of a grant) from the Augustinus Foundation, the research consultant must be contacted as quickly as possible with a view to creating the project. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |