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SCC funding for SDU researchers

SCC funding for SDU researchers

The SDU Climate Cluster (SCC) has five financial instruments, which each contribute to promotion of the interdisciplinary climate research at SDU. The instruments have different purposes and sizes and only SDU-researchers can apply for them.

SDU Climate Cluster is in charge of  the administration of an internal instrument pool of 96 MDKK, where SDU researchers can apply for funding for interdisciplinary climate-related research projects over a period of years.

It is possible to apply for financial instruments for five different projects: Elite centre, PhD programme, postdoc programme, fast track and guest researchers.

However, it goes for all the instruments that the grant must be used across at least two faculties. Thereby, SDU Climate Cluster’s core element – the interdisciplinary aspect – is ensured.

SCC's Strategic Grants Council is a SDU internal council that evaluates all applications for SCC instruments (except for Elite Centre). The council decides which applications we must grant the SCC instruments. 

The council comprises of an academic faculty representative per faculty, Head of SDU RIO and the Head of SCC. The council has been set up for a period of two years from October 2022. 

The largest SCC financial instrument has gone to four interdisciplinary elite centres, each receiving DKK 10 million for a four-year period.

The four elite centres will conduct interdisciplinary climate-related research at a high international level.

15 MDKK has been allocated to PhD instruments. The instruments must cover half of a total of approx. 15 PhD positions. The other half must be funded externally. Occasionally, SCC can offer fully funded PhD position in a cooperation with external partners. 

The PhD programme must attract or retain climate research talents. In order to comply with the SCC’s demand for interdisciplinarity, the PhD student will be associated with a principal supervisor at one faculty and a co-supervisor at another faculty. The PhD student will be employed at the principal supervisor’s faculty.

The first round of applications for the PhD instruments will take place on 1 March 2024. Subsequently, there will be annual application rounds towards 2026.

The first round of applications for the GAIA postdoc instruments will open on 1 October 2024.

The postdoc programme has been geared through the Marie Curie financial instrument and will finance the employment of 15 postdocs over the coming years. The financial instrument must cover payroll funds for the postdocs over a period of two years.

The postdoc programme must attract international climate research talents to SDU. They will be employed at a department, but at the same time they will be associated with an interdisciplinary research environment.

For the fast track instruments 9 MDKK has been allocated. You can apply for up to 100,000 DKK, which must be spent within a year.

The financial instruments are intended for minor research ideas, hypothesis and setting-up of pilot projects, which can hopefully form basis for large external research applications later on. Thereby, the fast track instruments contribute to creation of a growth segment in the SDU Climate Cluster, and at the same time it is a test track for new interdisciplinary research cooperation.

There will be biannual application rounds on 1 April and 1 November until the 9 MDKK has been spent.

Last Updated 27.07.2024