Current calls and posts

New common page for GDPR and research ethics 

As a researcher, you have to comply with numerous requirements – both internal and external. Many of the requirements may seem similar at first glance, but they are based on different considerations. The Research Data Office was set up to collate advice and make it easier for researchers to comply with the research data rules. A new initiative is a joint guidance page for GDPR and research ethics. 

• Read the news here. 
• Read more about research ethics here. 

Research Support Office’s rejection analysis of the Danish National Research Foundation 

AU wants more Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) grants, and for this reason the Research Support Office has carried out a rejection analysis to help new applicants in the next application round. 

• Read the main points of the rejection analysis here.
• Read more about the Danish National Research Foundation.

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.

Webinar on Innovation Fund Denmark’s Grand Solutions program 2025
When: 18 December 2024, 14:00-15:00

The webinar is primarily intended researchers with little or no experience with the program as we will address the DNA of a Grand Solutions project including the guidelines and the formation of the consortium as well as the available support from the RSO, business developers from E&I, and TTO.

• For participation sign up by December 13 by mail to haugaard@au.dk.
• Link to join the webinar.

Information meeting on the European Research Council (ERC) 
When: 5 February 2025, 14:30-16:00 
Where: Richard Mortensen Stuen, Building 1422, Frederik Nielsens Vej 2 

Would you like to know more about the European Research Council (ERC), the grants that ERC offers and what it takes to write an ERC proposal? The Research Support Office (RSO) will present aspects of the different types of ERC grants, what it takes to write an ERC proposal and what kind of support you can get in the process. Everyone is welcome. 

• Read more about the information meeting here. 
• Register on this link no later than 29 January 2025. 

Additional online information meeting on the European Research Council (ERC)
When: 7 February 2025, 10:30-11:00

Due to high interest, RSO has arranged an additional information meeting, which will take place online.
Read more about the information meeting here.
Register here.

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.