The grants are awarded within the framework of the Danish Council for Independent Research’s E2015 and F2016 call, with the aim of providing younger researchers the best possible conditions for producing outstanding research results at a high international level.
Grant letters will be forwarded to the recipients as soon as possible. Rejection letters will include a brief text, explaining the main academic reasons for the project not obtaining a grant.
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Project Title: Neuroregeneration by microglial subsets in animal model of multiple sclerosis
Grant Recipient: Agnieszka Anna Wlodarczyk
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: DKK 2,102,712
Project Title: Uncovering the epigenetic basis for hyperglycemia-induced hepatic dysfunction in diabetic late complications
Grant Recipient: Anne Loft
Place of Employment: Helmholtz Zentrum München
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,647,195
Project Title: Single Molecule Tracking of the Dopamine Transporter: Surface Dynamics as a Novel Key Player in Shaping Dopaminergic Neurotransmission?
Grant Recipient: Carmen Klein Herenbrink
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,931,370
Project Title: Epigenetic regulation of tumor maintenance in acute myeloid leukemia
Grant Recipient: Eliza Glodkowska-Mrowka
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 2,842,360
Project Title: Do commonly used drugs reduce mortality from ovarian or endometrial cancer?
Grant Recipient: Freija Verdoodt
Place of Employment: Danish Cancer Society
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,337,990
Project Title: The role of ubiquitin-related enzymes and polyubiquitylation in DNA repair and drug resistance
Grant Recipient: Julie Bonne Køhler
Place of Employment: Lunds University
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,622,953
Project Title: Identification and functional characterization of factors and mechanisms that coordinate helicase and polymerase activities under mild DNA replication stress
Grant Recipient: Kumar Somyajit
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 2,200,404
Project Title: Mechanisms for regulation of pressure and perfusion of the brain: new countermeasures and treatment prospective
Grant Recipient: Lonnie Grove Petersen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 2,680,589
Project Title: Regulated secretion and role of urinary nanovesicles
Grant Recipient: Qi Wu
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,867,131
Project Title: Defining the Molecular Mechanism of DNA Replication at Fragile Sites in Human Cells
Grant Recipient: Rahul Bhowmick
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,594,800
Project Title: TARGETING HYPOTHALAMIC NAD SALVAGE SYSTEMS AS A POTENTIAL TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR OBESITY
Grant Recipient: Roldan Medina de Guia
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 2,108,324
Project Title: New Magnetic Resonance method for detecting early inadequate treatment response in Multiple Sclerosis
Grant Recipient: Stig Praestekjaer Cramer
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 668,775
Project Title: Neuroendocrine control of metabolism by microRNAs during insulin resistance
Grant Recipient: Sudhir Gopal Tattikota
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,663,304
Project Title: Hepatic Dysfunction in Cancer Cachexia
Grant Recipient: Søren Fisker Schmidt
Place of Employment: Helmholtz Zentrum München
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,659,762
Project Title: A randomized controlled trial of treatment of meniscal tears in young adults
Grant Recipient: Søren Thorgaard Skou
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,599,840
Project Title: Non-cell autonomous neuronal control of systemic ER stress responses
Grant Recipient: Claus Brandt
Place of Employment: FI
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,611,624
Project Title: The Mechanistic Basis for Chromosome Instability in Human Cancers
Grant Recipient: Sheroy Cusrow Minocherhomji
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 995,443
Project Title: High precision magnetoencephalography of pain and temperature-related brain signals
Grant Recipient: Francesca Fardo
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: DKK 1,673,064
Project Title: Interferon-β pathway; a Target in Parkinson’s Disease
Grant Recipient: Patrick Ejlerskov
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: DKK 3,134,880