Neuroscience
Academy Denmark

Calls

Everything NAD has asked for, newest first. The ones still open are marked.

Deadline 10 August 2026 at 4:00 PM (CEST)

16 NAD PhD Fellowships in Neuroscience

Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD) offers 16 fully funded PhD fellowships, starting January 1st 2027, to exceptional and highly motivated candidates pursuing a career in neuroscience research.

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Deadline June 15, 2026

Call for Scientific Committee Members – 2027 NAD Advanced Neuroscience PhD Course

Neuroscience Academy Denmark is recruiting members for the scientific organising committee of the 2027 NAD national PhD course in Advanced Neuroscience.

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Deadline July 1, 2026

Promote Your Job Opportunity at the NAD Booth – FENS Forum 2026

Advertise your job opportunity to FENS Forum 2026 participants!

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Present Your Research Among the Stars at the NAD 2026 Annual Meeting

Have you ever dreamed of showing your neuroscience research on the dome screen of the Copenhagen Planetarium?

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Deadline May 1

NAD/NSAS Pre-PhD Neuroscience Summer School — Call for Applications

We are excited to announce the NAD/NSAS Pre-PhD Neuroscience Summer School, a five day immersive training program designed for research assistants and early stage PhD students.

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Deadline March 6, 2026

Call for Research Column Speakers

NAD is looking for new Research Column Speakers interested in facilitating collaboration and networking within Danish neuroscience research.

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Deadline March 6, 2026

Call for New Members: NAD Education & Training Committee

Join the NAD Education & Training Committee to play a central role in advising educational activities across NAD.

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Deadline 13 July

Assessors for NAD PhD Fellowship Applications

We are currently looking for assessors (research group leaders and above) to evaluate applications for NAD's 16 PhD fellowships in August and September.

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Deadline April 8, 2025

Shape the Scientific Content of the NAD Annual Meeting

Join the Scientific Committee and help shape the NAD Annual Meeting 2025!

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Deadline May 2, 2025

Call for Organising Committee Members for National PhD Course in Advanced Neuroscience

Do you want to help shape the national NAD PhD course in Advanced Neuroscience?

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Deadline September 16

Early Career Researchers: Present Your Research at the NAD Annual Meeting

Do you want to present your research at the NAD Annual Meeting October 28-30?

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Deadline May 13 2024

Call for Organising Committee Members for National PhD Course in Advanced Neuroscience (2025 course)

Want to help shape the first national NAD PhD course in Advanced Neuroscience?

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Deadline July 17

Call for Early Career NAD Members to Contribute to NAD Fellow Course ‘Data Acquisition and Analysis’

We are looking for early career scientists who wish to contribute to the NAD fellow course ‘Data acquisition and analysis’ taking place fall of 2024. This is a great opportunity to get teaching experience…

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Deadline December 14 2023

Promote your research group with a lab presentation video

Do you want to promote your research group to 2024 NAD fellows looking for rotation labs as well as colleagues and collaborators?

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Call for Speakers: NAD Fellow Course ‘Translational Neuroscience’ 2024

With a new cohort of NAD fellows to start on January 1, 2024, we are launching a call for speakers for the first NAD fellow course, Translational Neuroscience.

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Open now

closes 22 October 2026 Lundbeck Foundation Start-Up Programme The Lundbeck Foundation Associate professor or professor level DKK 7 million (associate professors) or DKK 11 million (full professors), up to 4 years closes 22 October 2026 Science Engagement and Communication The Lundbeck Foundation Projects that bring science to a wider public closes 19 November 2026 LF Early-Career Clinician Scientist The Lundbeck Foundation MD with completed clinical internship (KBU) and a PhD DKK 0.8–2.5 million over up to 5 years closes 19 November 2026 LF Postdocs The Lundbeck Foundation No more than 5 years past the PhD. A change of research environment is required Up to DKK 3 million over 3 years closes 10 August 2027 NAD PhD Fellowships 2027 Neuroscience Academy Denmark A master's degree in a relevant field, or the final year of one 16 fully funded 4-year PhD fellowships closes 1 September 2027 The Brain Prize The Lundbeck Foundation Nominations of outstanding brain researchers. Self-nomination is not accepted DKK 10 million Winners are announced in March, and the ceremony is in Copenhagen in the summer.

No deadline

No deadline — apply when ready Frontier Grants The Lundbeck Foundation Biomedicine or health sciences. By invitation only Up to DKK 5 million over 18 months No deadline — apply when ready Larger Scientific Meetings and Conferences The Lundbeck Foundation Associate and full professors Up to DKK 300,000 for one meeting No deadline — apply when ready Visiting Professorships The Lundbeck Foundation Full professors at Danish host institutions Up to DKK 500,000 for 2 to 6 months No deadline — apply when ready Stipends for Sabbatical Leave The Lundbeck Foundation At least 5 years tenure at a Danish hospital, university or research institution Up to DKK 500,000 for 2 to 6 months

Opening later

opens Autumn 2026 LF Professorships The Lundbeck Foundation Full professors Up to DKK 40 million over 6 years opens November 2026 Scientific Enrichment Prize The Lundbeck Foundation Results in relation to diversity in a research group, institute, centre or faculty DKK 100,000 opens March 2027 Ascending Investigator The Lundbeck Foundation A permanent or tenured position Up to DKK 6 million over 4 years, or DKK 7 million with substantial international collaboration opens March 2027 LF Fellows The Lundbeck Foundation PhD obtained no less than 3 and no more than 8 years ago Up to DKK 12 million over 5 years opens Spring 2027 LF Experiment The Lundbeck Foundation Researchers at any career level holding a PhD or similar degree Up to DKK 2.3 million over 2 years opens Spring 2027 Talent Prize The Lundbeck Foundation Scientists under the age of 30 DKK 300,000, of which DKK 100,000 is a personal award opens Spring 2027 Young Investigator Prize The Lundbeck Foundation Scientists under the age of 40 DKK 1 million, of which DKK 300,000 is a personal award opens Spring 2027 Neurotorium Clinical Education Grants The Lundbeck Foundation Clinical education within psychiatry and neurology Up to DKK 100,000 opens Autumn 2027 Collaborative Projects The Lundbeck Foundation Research leaders Up to DKK 20 million, or up to DKK 40 million, over 5 years opens January 2028 LF Investigator Network The Lundbeck Foundation Early to mid-career scientists working in Denmark, from postdocs to junior faculty Not yet announced ODIN — CNS Disorders The Lundbeck Foundation Associate and full professors DKK 6.5 million for up to 3 years

Dates as published by the funders. Always check the funder's own page before you apply: the Lundbeck Foundation.