| Grant | Who can apply | Application deadlines |
| AUFF International mobility(Visiting Research Stipends; Sabbatical Stipends) Max. amount (excl. overhead): DKK 15,000 per month (excl. overhead) for up to 3 months/ up to DKK 200,000. | Both instruments can be applied for by permanent researchers (associate professors/senior researchers or professors) at Aarhus University. The application must be accompanied by a letter of support from the Head of Department. Visiting researchers coming to AU must be at least assistant professors. | 5 March 2026 at 12:00 (and again on 17 September 2026 at 12:00) |
Read more about the AUFF International Mobility call.
The following deadlines apply in relation to the School’s internal process:
| DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
9 February 2026 at 23:59 | Notification deadline Send an email to the School's research consultant to let them know that you want to apply. Please include a few words about the visiting researcher/sabbatical stay (for the letter of support). Also send an email to Arts Finance to make sure youhelp with the budget. * Note: From 2026, the registration deadlines are final, which means that it is not possible to apply for and receive budget and application support if you register after this date. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk Coordinator and project finance controller, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
23 February 2026 at 12:59 | Budget approval The total budget (prepared in collaboration with Arts Finance) should be sent to the research consultant for approval. * Note: From 2026, a new fixed deadline for submitting application budgets will be introduced, which is 10 days before the application deadline. This applies to all instruments with an internal process set by the School. The final budget is sent as soon as it is ready and no later than in the morning of the day before the deadline. As soon as the budget has been approved, the research consultant reciprocates with a recommendation letter signed by the head of department, which may be attached to the application. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
5 March 2026 at 12:00 noon | Application deadline Application and other relevant documents are sent to AUFF. | |
As soon as possible after the application deadline | Record-keeping Once the application has been uploaded via the application portal, the complete PDF with application and appendices must be sent to the research consultant for the purpose of record-keeping in WorkZone. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
2026/27 | Creating your project When applicants receive a response from AUFF, the research consultant should be contacted as soon as possible for quick project creation. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
In 2026, the Augustinus Foundation will again award DKK 50 million to research projects that contribute to the preservation, dissemination and understanding of our common cultural heritage. This year's application round opens on 19 January 2026 and closes again on 1 May 2026.
The following materials are available in DK only:
NOTE: There will be a digital information meeting on the instrument on 25 February 2026 at 10:00. Sign up via: infomoede@augustinusfonden.dk
For questions, please contact: Mette-Astrid Jessen at maj@augustinusfonden.dk or Christian Edelvold Berg at ceb@augustinusfonden.dk.
The following deadlines apply in relation to the School’s internal process:
DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT/RESPONSIBLE |
2 March 2026 at 23:59 | Notification deadline* Contact CC's research consultant and Arts Finance’s academic coordinator if you wish to apply for funding. *Note: From 2026, the registration deadlines apply definitively, which means that it is not possible to apply for and receive budget and application support if you register after this date. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk Coordinator and project finance controller, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
7 April 2026 at 23:59 | Strategy statement In order to obtain a strategy statement (must be attached to the final application), please send the following to the research consultant:
| Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk
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7 April 2026 at 23:59 | Prequalification of named PhD candidate If the project includes a named PhD student, the following prequalification process must be observed: The main applicant obtains a commitment from the relevant PhD programme director that the candidate in question will be able to be enrolled as a PhD student if the grant is granted. The following appendices must be sent to the research consultant and the relevant PhD programme manager:
If the candidate is approved, the main applicant will then receive a letter of commitment from the PhD School. | PhD programme leader(s): Art, Literature and Cultural Studies: Stefan Iversen, norsi@cc.au.dk ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism: Kasper Hedegård Schiølin, kasper@cc.au.dk Language, Linguistics, Communication, and Cognition: Mikkel Wallentin, mikkel@cc.au.dk PhD Administration, Arts: Anna Louise Dolan Plaskett, plaskett@au.dk Research Consultant, CC: |
20 April 2026 at 23:59 | Budget approval* Submission of the final budget for approval by the head of school at CC (via the research consultant). *Note: From 2026, a new fixed deadline for submitting application budgets will be introduced, which is 10 days before the application deadline. This applies to all instruments. The final budget is then sent as soon as it is ready and no later than in the morning of the day before the deadline. | Research Consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
1 May 2026 at 23:59 | Application deadline Applications etc. should be sent to the Augustinus Foundation: Link to application portal: https://augustinus-fonden.grant.nu/profile/ - /login | |
1 May 2026 (or soon thereafter) | Record-keeping Once the application has been uploaded via the Augustinus Foundation's application portal, the complete PDF with the application and appendices must be sent to the research consultant for the purpose of record-keeping in WorkZone. | Research Consultant, CC: |
2026 | Project creation When applicants receive a response (about a possible grant) from the Augustinus Foundation, the research consultant must be contacted as soon as possible for quick project creation. | Research Consultant, CC: |
Please be aware that the submission of documents other than those specified in the call texts will result in rejection on administrative grounds.
| GRANT | AMOUNT (max) | DEADLINE | WHO CAN APPLY |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centres | 50 million DKK | 1 March 2026 at 16:00 | A team of two or three Principal Investigators (PIs) may apply. The PI team must consist of associate professors, senior researchers or professors. At least two of the three main research domains supported by the Carlsberg Foundation: humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, should be represented in the PI team. |
| Science Communication | 200.000 – 3.000.000 DKK | 1 March 2026 | Independent communicators, public institutions, private companies, or non-profit organizations in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. |
| Carlsberg Mindelegat | 50.000 – 200.000 DKK | 1 March 2026 | Researchers with a current affiliation to a Danish research institution. The applicant must, as a minimum, have obtained a PhD degree. |
| Internationalisation Fellowships | The Carlsberg Foundation covers the fellow’s full salary and operating expenses of DKK 8,000 per month. For the project period abroad, the applicant may apply for an additional amount of DKK 50,000 per year when traveling with a partner, or an additional amount of DKK 100,000 per year when traveling with child(ren). | 1 April 2026 | The applicant must hold a PhD degree or must have received the assessment of the PhD thesis. The applicant must also have a demonstrated strong connection to Danish research. NB: The grant must be administered by the Danish research institution, and the applicant will be employed at this institution for the entire project period of the fellowship. |
| Conferences | 80.000 DKK | Running deadline (three months prior to date of event) | The applicant must be at least at postdoctoral level, employed at a Danish research institution. Applicants who previously have received a rejection from the Executive Management of the Foundation for this type of grant are only eligible to re-apply after a three-month period from receipt of the rejection letter. |
Field Trips/Research Stays (not exceeding 100.000 DKK) | 100.000 DKK | Running deadline (three months prior to date of event) | The applicant must be an associate professor, senior researcher or professor, employed at a Danish research institution. Applicants who previously have received a rejection from the Executive Management of the Foundation for this type of grant are only eligible to re-apply after a three-month period from receipt of the rejection letter. |
| Publications | No max. | Running deadline (three months prior to date of event) | Grants for the publication of monographs based on research supported by the Carlsberg Foundation. The applicant must be at least at postdoctoral level and be a former or current Carlsberg Foundation grant holder employed at a Danish research institution. Applicants who previously have received a rejection from the Executive Management of the Foundation for this type of grant are only eligible to re-apply after a three-month period from receipt of the rejection letter. |
| Urgent Research Projects | No max. | Running deadline | Applications for Urgent Research Projects must be driven by exceptional and unpredictable events. It is possible to apply as a single applicant (PI) or as a team of maximum four PIs. If applying as a PI team, one of the applicants must act as the main applicant responsible for contact with the foundation and, should the application be successful, administration of the grant. The main applicant, whether a single PI or member of a PI team, must be a tenured associate professor, senior researcher or professor, employed at a Danish research institution at a level equivalent to at least 80 % effort at one or more Danish research institutions throughout the grant period. |
NB: All budgets must be approved by Head of School (contact Research Consultant Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk)
DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
23 February 2026 at 23:59 | Notification deadline Notify the research consultant that you are planning to apply for Carlsberg Internationalisation. Note: From 2026, the notification deadlines set in connection with an application round will be final. This means that it will not be possible to apply for or receive budget and application support if you register after this date. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk
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23 February 2026 at 23:59 | Budget: Please reach out to Arts Finance in order to get the required budget help. It is important to get a project finance controller involved to help you with your budget as soon as possible. | Coordinator and project finance controller, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
16 March 2026 at 23:59 | Declaration from administrating host: Please send the final title of the project, a brief summary of the project (e.g., the tentative project description) along with a few notes on how the project fits with existing research environments at the school to the research consultant in order to receive the mandatory “Declaration of support from the administrating host institution” in due time. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
16 March 2026 at 23:59 | Budget approval* Budgets must be approved by the head of school before the applications are submitted. Please forward the final version to the research consultant no later than 16 March. *Note: From 2026, a new fixed deadline for submitting application budgets will be introduced, which is set 10 days before the application deadline. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
1 April 2026 at 16:00 | Application deadline | |
1 April 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) | Record-keeping | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
2026/27 | Creating your project | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
See DFF's page on the call (DK only), or refer to their call for proposals 2025/2026 (pdf), page 17-20.
The following deadlines apply in relation to the School’s internal process:
| DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
3 March 2026 at 23:59 | Notification deadline* *Note: From 2026, the registration deadlines are final, which means that it is not possible to apply for and receive budget and application support if you register after this date. *Note: From 2026, Independent Research Fund Denmark will probably introduce a provision stating that you can only submit one application per calendar year. We will know more when the fund publishes its revised call in mid-March. If this may affects whether you wish to apply for Research Project1, please inform the research consultant about this. Review and other support Note: As something new, the research support team will be offering more support for Research Project1 applications. More information will follow after the registration deadline, but if you have special requests for this, you must mention them when you contact the research consultant. | Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager,bjarkesr@cc.au.dk Coordinator and project finance controller, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
17 March 2026 at 23:59 | Prequalification of named PhD candidate The following appendices must be sent to the research consultant and the relevant PhD programme manager:
If the candidate is approved, the main applicant will then receive a letter of commitment from the PhD School. Questions regarding this can be directed to the PhD administration at Arts. | PhD programme director(s): Language, Linguistics, Communication, and Cognition: The Arts PhD Administration: Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager,bjarkesr@cc.au.dk |
19 April 2026 at 23:59 | Budget approval*
*Note: From 2026, a new fixed deadline for submitting application budgets will be introduced, which is 10 days before the application deadline. The final budget is sent as soon as it is ready and no later than in the morning of the day before the deadline. | Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager,bjarkesr@cc.au.dk |
29 April 2026 at 12:00 noon | Application deadline* | Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager,bjarkesr@cc.au.dk |
See the Democratic Sustainability call (DK only).
The following deadlines apply in relation to the School’s internal process:
| Deadline | What | Who |
25 March 2026 at 12:00 noon | Notification/notification deadline* *Note: From 2026, the registration deadlines are final, which means that it is not possible to apply for and receive budget and application support if you register after this date. | Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager, bjarkesr@cc.au.dk Coordinator and project finance controller, Arts Finance: Thor Fris Jespersgaard, thor.jespersgaard@au.dk |
| 7 April 2026 at 12:00 noon | Prequalification of named PhD candidate The following appendices must be sent to the research consultant and the relevant PhD programme manager:
If the candidate is approved, the main applicant will then receive a letter of commitment from the PhD School. | PhD programme director(s): Art, Literature and Cultural Studies: Stefan Iversen, norsi@cc.au.dk ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism: Kasper Hedegård Schiølin, kasper@cc.au.dk Language, Linguistics, Communication, and Cognition: The Arts PhD Administration, |
21 April 2026 at 12:00 noon | Budget approval* *Note: From 2026, a new fixed deadline for submitting application budgets will be introduced, which is 10 days before the application deadline. The final budget is sent as soon as it is ready and no later than in the morning of the day before the deadline. | Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager, bjarkesr@cc.au.dk |
1 May 2026 at 14:00 | Application deadline
| Research Consultant, CC: Bjarke Skærlund Risager, bjarkesr@cc.au.dk |
Note:
Funding can be applied for:
| DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
| 10 November 2025 | Pre-assessment/Letter of interest: Send the following documents to the research consultant at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University:
The research consultant will contact the Head of Department to assess the application and, if relevant, identify a potential supervisor/ensure academic affiliation. | Research consultant, CC: |
| 1 December 2025 | You will receive a response regarding the budget, pre-assessment, and hosting commitment. If the budget and pre-assessment are approved, and enrollment at the PhD school at AU is desired, the research consultant will issue a hosting commitment from AU in connection with a conditional offer of employment at CC. You will also receive a pre-qualification from the PhD school. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
| 15 January 2026, at 14:00 | Application deadline for Mads Øvlisen PhD fellowships in Art History and Practice-Based Artistic Research. | Contact regarding content: Clarissa Løkkegaard Engelholm, Project Manager Contact regarding application/NORMA: Julie Krener, Grant Manager |
| DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
| 17 November 2025 | Submit the following documents to the Research Consultant at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus university:
The Research Consultant, together with the responsible Head of Department, will review the submitted material and potentially approve the academic relevance for the department. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
| 4 December 2025 | Final date by which you will receive a response regarding whether the project is considered academically relevant for the relevant CC department. If the budget is approved, the Research Consultant will return a signed housing commitment, which may be attached to the application. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
| 15 January 2026, at 14:00 | Application deadline for Mads Øvlisen Postdoctoral Fellowships. | Contact regarding content: Clarissa Løkkegaard Engelholm, Project Manager Contact regarding application/NORMA: Julie Krener, Grant Manager |
Eligibility criteria for applications (Investigator Grant):
Eligibility criteria for applications (Project Grant):
| DEADLINE | TASK | CONTACT |
| 17 November 2025 | NOTIFICATION DEADLINE If you are a non-permanent applicant, you must, no later than this date, send the following documents to the research consultant:
The research consultant, together with the responsible Head of Department, will then assess and potentially approve the academic relevance of the application for the department. If you are a permanent staff member at CC, you must, no later than this date, send the following documents to the research consultant:
The research consultant,together with the responsible Head of Department,, will then assess and potentially approve the budget. | Research consultant, CC: Academic coordinator, Arts Finance: |
| 4 December 2025 | BUDGET APPROVAL Non-permanent staff: Send the budget to the research consultant for approval. You will then receive a response as to whether the project and budget can be approved. Specifically for the Investigator Grant: A hosting agreement from the host institution must be submitted with the application. This hosting agreement will be issued by the research consultant if the project/budget can be approved. Permanent staff at CC: Send the budget to the research consultant for approval. You will then receive a response as to whether the budget can be approved. Specifically for the Investigator Grant: A hosting agreement from the host institution must be submitted with the application. This hosting agreement will be issued by the research consultant if the budget can be approved. | Research consultant, CC: Helle Breth Klausen, hbk@cc.au.dk |
| 15 January 2026, at 14:00 | Deadline for applications. Read more about the Investigator Grant and Project Grant. | Contact regarding content: Clarissa Løkkegaard Engelholm, Project Manager Contact regarding application/NORMA: Julie Krener, Grant Manager |
Please note that the deadline for applying in 2025 has passed.
The New Carlsberg Foundation awards PhD fellowships for projects addressing art-related research issues in the broadest sense, which are relevant to the activities of the applying museum, art center, or exhibition venue. This can involve more traditional art historical or theoretical research in connection with collections, but can also include other issues related to the institution’s role in society at large: strategy, curating, marketing, communication, and dissemination.
It is the museum/art center/exhibition venue that applies for – and if approved, receives – the funding from the New Carlsberg Foundation, and the applicant must include a hosting commitment from the university in the application. If the grant is awarded, a collaboration agreement will be established between the institution and the university, stating, among other things, that the PhD student will be enrolled in the university’s PhD school. As a rule, the place of employment is also Aarhus University.
For questions regarding the call, contact Nina Schmidt-Petersen (nsp@ncf.dk). For other inquiries, contact research consultant at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Helle Breth Klausen (hbk@cc.au.dk).
Please note that the deadline for applying in 2025 has passed.
The New Carlsberg Foundation awards postdoctoral fellowships for projects addressing art-related research questions in the broadest sense, which are relevant to the activities of the applying museum, art center, or exhibition venue. This may involve more traditional art historical or theoretical research in connection with collections, but can also encompass other issues related to the institution’s role in society at large: strategy, curating, marketing, communication, and dissemination.
It is the museum/art center/exhibition venue that applies for – and, if approved, receives – the funding from the New Carlsberg Foundation. The applicant must attach a hosting commitment from the university to the application. If the grant is awarded, a collaboration agreement will be established between the institution and the university. As a rule, Aarhus University will be the place of employment. For postdoctoral positions, there is a 20% teaching obligation at the School of Communication and Culture.
For questions regarding the call, contact Nina Schmidt-Petersen (nsp@ncf.dk). For other inquiries, contact research consultant at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Helle Breth Klausen (hbk@cc.au.dk).