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DFF - FNU Research Project 2

Deadline - 11th of october, 2023 amount - 4.3 mio dkk excl. overhead for 4.5 years.

Objective To advance the quality of, and develop collaboration within Danish research, DFF offers funding for research projects carried out by multiple researchers (including postdoctoral candidates and PhD students) of up to 4.5 years in duration within a budget framework of DKK 2.200.000 to DKK 4.300.000, excluding overhead. A DFF-Research Project2 is often characterised by a coordinated and mutually binding collaboration featuring a well-defined, joint research question. However, it may also be a project formulated by a single researcher, which is to be carried out in a research team, when it can be argued that the project is particularly ambitious and resource demanding, and that the research objective cannot be obtained through a DFF-Research Project1. The research activities must have the potential to create synergy among any sub-projects, involve an international level of collaboration (if relevant) and be of a high, international standard.   Applicant requirements You must be able to document independent research experience at a high, international level typically corresponding to five years or more after having obtained a PhD degree (or similar qualifications). Your previous results will be assessed in relation to your career path and in relation to the scientific challenges of the project applied for. If the applicant is not an associate professor and has not been awarded a positive associate professor assessment (“lektorbedømmelse”) and the project involves the education of researchers, it must be stated in the application how the relevant supervision will be provided, and how the scientific connection of the research students to the project will be ensured.

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DFF-Research Project 2 – Medical Sciences (FSS) - Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

In order to strengthen the quality of Danish research and develop the level of collaboration in the field of Medical Sciences, the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF) offers funding for research projects to be carried out by several researchers and within a framework of DKK 1,800,000 to 4,100,000, excluding overhead.

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DFF - FSS Research Project 2

Deadline - 11th of october, 2023 amount - 4.3 mio dkk excl. overhead for 4.5 years.

Objective To advance the quality of, and develop collaboration within Danish research, DFF offers funding for research projects carried out by multiple researchers (including postdoctoral candidates and PhD students) of up to 4.5 years in duration within a budget framework of DKK 2.200.000 to DKK 4.300.000, excluding overhead. A DFF-Research Project2 is often characterised by a coordinated and mutually binding collaboration featuring a well-defined, joint research question. However, it may also be a project formulated by a single researcher, which is to be carried out in a research team, when it can be argued that the project is particularly ambitious and resource demanding, and that the research objective cannot be obtained through a DFF-Research Project1. The research activities must have the potential to create synergy among any sub-projects, involve an international level of collaboration (if relevant) and be of a high, international standard.   Applicant requirements You must be able to document independent research experience at a high, international level typically corresponding to five years or more after having obtained a PhD degree (or similar qualifications). Your previous results will be assessed in relation to your career path and in relation to the scientific challenges of the project applied for. If the applicant is not an associate professor and has not been awarded a positive associate professor assessment (“lektorbedømmelse”) and the project involves the education of researchers, it must be stated in the application how the relevant supervision will be provided, and how the scientific connection of the research students to the project will be ensured.

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DFF–Research Project Grants 2

Independent Research Fund Denmark offers two types of research projects named IRFD-Research Project 1 and 2.

DFF-Research Project 2

To advance the quality of, and develop collaboration within, Danish research, IRFD offers funding for research projects carried out by multiple researchers (including post-doctoral candidates and PhD students) of up to 4.5 years in duration within a budget framework of DKK 2 million to DKK 4.3 million, excluding overhead. A DFF–Research Project 2 is often characterised by a coordinated and mutually binding collaboration featuring a well-defined, joint research question. However, it may also be a project formulated by a single researcher, but which is to be carried out in a research team, when it can be argued that the project is particularly ambitious and resource demanding, and that the research objective cannot be obtained through a DFF–Research Project 1.The research activities must have the potential to create synergy among anysub-projects, involve an international level of collaboration (if relevant) and be ofa high, international standard.

Applicant requirements

The applicant must be able to document independent research experience at a high international level typically corresponding to 5 years of research or more after having obtained a PhD (or similar qualifications). The applicant’s previous results will be assessed in relation to his/her career , and in relation to the scientific challenges of the project applied for. If the applicant is not an associate professor or has been awarded a positive associate professor assessment (“lektorbedømmelse”) and the project involves the education of researchers, it must be stated in the application how the relevant supervision will be provided, and how the scientific connection of the research students to the project will be ensured.

Application requirements

IRFD emphasises that the project description should account for the synergy between any sub-projects, the project management and organisational structure, as well as plans for publishing results. All sub-projects, including PhD and post-doctoral projects, should be described within the project description. The applicant can apply for funding for PhD and post-doctoral scholarships, if they have a clear independent function within, and form an integral part of, the research project.

Post-doctoral candidates must have obtained their PhD or achieved equivalent qualifications e.g. a positive assistant professorship evaluation ("adjunktbedømmelse") within the last four years at the time of the application deadline (which for technical calculation is fixed at 1 October 2018). When applying for research funding for PhD scholarships, there must be a sufficiently balanced relationship between the contribution of senior researchers and PhD scholars to the project, so that all registered participants have a concrete role in the project work.

An account for the proposed recruitment process must be provided if the application includes requests for funding for unnamed PhD students and post-doctoral participants.

The project description must not exceed 7 A4 pages (including figures, tables, etc.), but excluding references/bibliography. Please be aware that the appendices overview states which appendices must be attached, and which appendices may be attached.

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

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Independent Research Fund Denmark Fall 2024-Spring 2025

The call is not open yet. It is expected to open in June. However, we expect a call close to last year. This can be found  here .  

The following instruments can be applied for with an expected deadline in September and October 2024:

Sapere Aude DFF-Starting grant (expected max. 3,4 mill. DKK; PhD age min. 3 years, max. 8 years). Expected deadline primo October. For info on applying for Sapere Aude, read here .

Research Project 2 (FP2) (expected min. 2,2 mill. - max. 3,4 mill. DKK; PhD age min. 8 years). Expected deadline primo October.

DFF International post doc (max. 1,5 mill. DKK. PhD age max 3 years). Expected deadline ultimo October.

Explorative network (max. 550.000 DKK). Expected deadline primo September.

Journals. Expected deadline primo September.

Internal deadline at ToRS: Thursday 8 August 2024.  

Please send an email to  [email protected]  not later than Thursday 8 August with the following files filled in and attached:  Staffing form  and a hosting template (in Danish - an English version will come later. For assistance in filling out the form, please contact Charlott). Please write your name in the email title.

Conc. Co-financing as PI:  If you do not have a tenured position at the department and wants to apply for co-financing of your position, you should contact the relevant educational coordinator BEFORE applying for hosting of the project. The educational coordinator has an overview of the courses to be offered in the coming semesters and will be able to see if there is a need for teaching in areas you can cover. The reply from the coordinator should be attached to the application to have the project hosted at the department. 

Conc. Co-financing of post doc positions:  In principle it is not possible to apply for co-financing from the department for postdoc positions.

Applications to be hosted by TORS are evaluated by the management after which a reply is send to the applicant by research consultant Charlott Hoffmann Jensen.

Monday 26 August 2024:  Deadline for submitting the  budget form  or a Word file with information on expected activities. The form should be sent to Charlott Hoffmann Jensen on  [email protected] , who can also assist in the planning of the budget.

If you have access to the university intranet KUnet please also look into the faculty research support unit  tool box  (in Danish) if you need help in putting together the budget.

Other relevant information:

Peer Review : All applicants at ToRS for collaborative projects are offered internal peer review by 1 or 2 colleagues who has experience from writing or reading applications. As applicant you will receive an email from Charlott Hoffmann Jensen with information on internal deadlines etc.

PhD fellowships in collaborative projects:  If you have named PhD fellows in your application please contact Charlott Hoffmann Jensen on  [email protected]  concerning the internal pre-approval of the candidate. NB: the PhD school recommend that PhD fellows are not named in the application.

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

• SUND secures 31 grants...

SUND secures 31 grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Every year, the Independent Research Fund Denmark DFF funds hundreds of research projects. The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences SUND at the University of Copenhagen receives 31 grants.

31 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences research projects receive funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark DFF. The grants come from the DFF Research Project 1 and DFF Research Project 2.

The researchers come from a wide range of institutions and centres at the faculty, including BMI, BRIC, CMP, CPR, CTN, GLOBE, ICMM, IF, IKM, IKV, ILF, IN, ISIM, IVH, and reNEW.

Read more about the grants and their recipients here .

Congratulations:

Clare Louise Hawkins (BMI) - DKK  2,873,232

Morten Bækgaard Thomsen (BMI) – DKK 2,824,225

Anders Henrik Lund (BRIC) - DKK  2,863,996

Bjarne Winther Kristensen (BRIC) – DKK 2,863,200

Johan Krister Wennerberg (BRIC) – DKK 2,878,005

Kim Theilgaard-Mönch (BRIC) - DKK  2,878,409

Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas (BRIC) – DKK 6,190,432

Anja Ramstedt Jensen (CMP) – DKK 2,043,399

Chuna Ram Choudhary (CPR) – DKK 2,879,892

Jesper Velgaard Olsen (CPR) – DKK 2,879,598

Michael Lund Nielsen (CPR) – DKK 2,686,794

Maiken Nedergaard (CTN) – DKK 2,879,999

Kasper Thorup (GLOBE) - DKK  2,874,192

Hans Heugh Wandall (ICMM) – DKK 2,875,594

Jesper Qualmann Svejstrup (ICMM) – DKK 2,875,592

Stine Harloff-Helleberg (IF) - DKK 2,862,170

Anja Bisgaard Pinborg (IKM) – DKK 2,880,000

Bo Torben Porse (IKM) - DKK  2,879,878

Betina Børresen (IKV) - DKK 2,866,223

Bente Flensborg Frølund (ILF) - DKK  2,869,543

Matthias Manfred Herth (ILF) - DKK 6,191,999

Andreas Toft Sørensen (IN) – DKK 2,879,979

Claire Francesca Meehan (IN) – DKK 2,879,908

Kenneth Lindegaard Madsen (IN) – DKK 2,861,155

Andrew Richard Williams (IVH) – DKK 2,877,238

Andrew Richard Williams (IVH) - DKK 2,877,109

Hanne Ingmer (IVH) - DKK 2,867,017

John Elmerdahl Olsen (IVH) - DKK 2,763,884

Kirstine Callø (IVH) - DKK 2,873,150

Lone Brøndsted (IVH) - DKK 6,177,403

Joshua Brickman (reNEW) – DKK 2,879,999

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• 4 researchers from Dep...

4 researchers from Department of Neuroscience receives grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Every year, the Independent Research Fund Denmark DFF funds hundreds of research projects. The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences SUND at the University of Copenhagen receives 36 grants of which 4 has been given to researchers at Department of Neuroscience.

Claus Juul Løland, Jakob Balslev Sørensen, Jens-Francois Perrier and Jens Bo Nielsen receive funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF).

The grants come from the DFF Research Project 1 and DFF Research Project 2.

A DFF-Research Project 1 is characterised by being a clear and well defined research question, where the research activities are expected to be of a high, international level of quality

The DFF–Research Project 2 is often characterised by a coordinated and mutually binding collaboration featuring a well-defined, joint research question. However, it may also be a project formulated by a single researcher

• Claus Juul Løland The   structural   basis   for   the   binding   of   cocaine   to   the   human   dopamine   transporter   2.880.000 DKK Research project 1
• Jakob Balslev Sørensen Deciphering   changes   of   excitation/inhibition-balance   in   the   SNAREopathies   2.897.583 DKK Research project 1
• Jean-Francois Marie Perrier Astrocytes   reinforce   Theta   Rhythm   during   memory   acquisition   2.880.000 DKK Research project 1
• Jens Bo Nielsen Neural mechanisms involved in improved gait performance   4.796.675 DKK Research project 2

Read more about the grants and their recipients here   (in Danish).

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The Danish funding landscape is characterised by a few large public foundations, a handful of major private foundations with a broad funding strategy, and a myriad of small private foundations with more specific funding strategies. 

Early career researchers – talent grants and fellowships.

• Innovation Fund Denmark - Industrial Postdoc.   An Industrial Postdoc project is a collaboration between an Industrial Postdoc, a company, and a research institution that aims to solve specific research tasks.
• Independent Research Fund Denmark – Sapere Aude. A DFF Starting Grant provides excellent younger researchers with the opportunity to develop and strengthen their research ideas. It also aims to promote both national and international mobility between research environments and thereby to strengthen networks and careers. Starting Grants target top researchers who intend to bring together a team of researchers and/or research students to conduct a research project at a high, international level.
• Villum Foundation - Young Investigators. The purpose of the VILLUM Young Investigator Programme is to fund especially talented up-and-coming researchers in science and technology with ambitions of creating their own, independent research identity. The grant amount is DKK 7-10 million, it can be awarded once only, and the timeframe is five years.
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – PhD Scholarships . The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards PhD scholarships within nursing research and art history for PhDs enrolled at a Danish University.
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Postdoc Scholarships . The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards Postdoc scholarships within nursing research, art history and biotechnology-based synthesis and production research.
• Novo Nordisk Foundation Hallas-Møller Emerging Investigator – Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine . The purpose of the Hallas-Møller Emerging Investigator grant is to support and strengthen the development of young and promising research leaders, and promote Danish fundamental research at a high international level, the Novo Nordisk Foundation seeks to support the starting group leaders with ambitious projects relevant to understanding the human organism and/or basal mechanisms underlying health and disease.
• Lundbeck Foundation – Postdoctoral fellowships. The Lundbeck Foundation awards postdoctoral fellowships for free and independent biomedical and health science research of the highest standard at Danish research institutions. The foundation uses the term ‘biomedical and health science’ in its broadest sense, since it supports many adjacent fields of research that traditionally belong to other classical faculties (particularly to natural science and technical science) but that, to an increasing extent, help to steer the field of biomedicine towards new breakthroughs in knowledge and treatment.
• Lundbeck Foundation - Lundbeck Fellows . The Lundbeck Fellowships are granted to outstanding and promising young researchers who are establishing or expanding their own research groups at Danish research institutions. The fellowships are intended for researchers who have received their PhD degree within the last four to eight years. The application should concern biomedicine or science with a clear biomedical perspective. Fellowships are awarded for five years and each fellowship amounts to DKK 10 million.

Funding options for the experienced researcher

• Danish National Research Foundation – Centers of Excellence . A Center of Excellence (CoE) grant is large and flexible (existing grants range from DKK 50 to 111 million) and enables researchers to establish research centres that can exist for up to 10 years. Only top researchers with the most ambitious ideas will be awarded a CoE grant through a fiercely competitive two-stage application process. The objective of the CoE programme is to strengthen Danish research by providing the best possible working conditions and organisational set-up for selected top researchers. Centres may be established within or across all fields of research.
• Independent Research Fund Denmark - Research Project . This grant of up to DKK 2 million (excluding overheads) is for research projects across all fields of research. A DFF-Research Project 1 requires a clear and well-defined research question and research activities are expected to be of a high, international standard. The DFF-Research Project 1 is typically funded for 3 years, but it is possible to apply for a 4-year project, if a PhD student is involved in the project.
• Independent Research Fund Denmark - Research Project 2 . This grant of between DKK 2 and 4.3 million (excluding overheads) is for research projects across all fields of research conducted by multiple researchers (including post-doctoral scholars and PhD students). The grant duration is up to 4.5 years. A DFF–Research Project 2 typically requires a coordinated and mutually binding collaboration featuring a well-defined, joint research question. However, the research question may also be set by a single researcher and carried out in a research team provided the research objective cannot be obtained through a DFF–Research Project 1.
• Innovation Fund Denmark – Grand Solutions.  Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) invests in the best research and innovation projects with the potential to create knowledge, growth and employment in Denmark. IFD focuses on results and solutions that create value for society. With Grand Solutions, IFD wishes to facilitate cross-investments in knowledge institutions and companies – private as well as public. The investments should address tangible challenges and innovation needs of both companies and society.
• Novo Nordisk Foundation Young Investigator Awards . This award is given to outstanding younger scientists to come to Denmark and expand their groundbreaking research programmes. It provides funding to enable independent early- to mid-career researchers to conduct larger and more ambitious studies. The award supports exceptional scientists working within any area of biomedical and/or biotechnological sciences. The applicant must be a principal investigator with an independent research group that he/she has directed for  fewer than 7 years in total.  It awards up to DKK 25 million for a period of 7 years.
• Novo Nordisk Hallas-Møller Ascending Investigator . The purpose of the grant is to stimulate the continued development of excellent research leaders and promote Danish fundamental research at a high international level. NFF seeks to support the consolidation of accomplished associate professors with ambitious projects relevant to understanding the human organism and/or basal mechanisms underlying health and disease. The applicant should have a PhD plus approximately 7-15 years of subsequent research experience. Up to DKK 10 million can be awarded
• Novo Nordisk Foundation Distinguished Investigator – Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine .  This programme seeks to promote Danish fundamental research at the highest international level the Novo Nordisk Foundation by supporting outstanding professors with ambitious projects relevant to understanding the human organism and/or basal mechanisms underlying health and disease.  The Distinguished Investigator grant is for professors of all ages. Up to DKK 10 million can be awarded. 
• Novo Nordisk Challenge programme  . With the Challenge Programme, the Novo Nordisk Foundation wishes to contribute to the development and strengthening of the Danish research environment within biomedicine and biotechnology. The Challenge Programme focuses on in-depth research on specific challenges within annually selected research themes. Grants of up to DKK 10 million per year can be awarded for 6 years (total budget of up to DKK 60 million).   
• Novo Nordisk project grants . The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards project grants within endocrinology and metabolism, nursing, biotechnology-based synthesis and production, bioscience, and basic and clinical medical research. The grants of between DKK 300,000 and DKK 1,000,000 per budget year are awarded for 1-, 2- and 3-year projects.
• NNF Laureate Research Grants .  The purpose of this grant is to support outstanding established scientists to come to Denmark to strengthen their groundbreaking research programmes. This grant provides funding for research leaders to conduct large and long-term projects with transformative potential. The NNF seeks to support exceptional scientists working within any area of biomedical and/or biotechnological sciences. Grants of up to DKK 50 million are awarded for a period of 7 years. After 5 years of research supported by the NNF Laureate Research Grant, the grant holder may apply for one extension period of up to 7 years. Extension period funding may be up to DKK 5 million per year, with a limit of DKK 35 million in total.
• Velux Foundation – The core-group programme.   Every year, the core-group programme funds research in the humanities and allied social science disciplines. A core group is a closely collaborating research team that typically consists of 1–2 tenured senior investigators as project managers and 2-3 postdoctoral scholars and/or PhD students. A core group may consist of researchers from the same department or researchers across departments and universities. For establishing a core group, one may apply for up to DKK 6 million, which typically covers a four-year project period.
• Villum Foundation - Villum Experiment.   This programme was created for the special research projects that challenge the norm and have the potential to fundamentally change the way we approach important topics. The applicant is anonymous to the reviewers. For Danish universities and research institutions, this is also a tool to attract talented researchers outside Denmark. The grant of between DKK 1-2 million is awarded for a research period of up to 2 years and covers all project-related expenses, such as salary, equipment, travel costs etc.
• Villum Foundation - Villum Investigator .  This programme aims to fund experienced and internationally recognised researchers with the potential to make a significant contribution to research in the technical and natural sciences at a Danish research institution. The ideal applicant is an active researcher who has demonstrated international, groundbreaking research of the highest scientific quality for 10 years or longer. The grant is for six years, after which grant holders are permitted to reapply in competition with other applicants. The grant total is up to DKK 40 million.

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Dff-research project 2: deep histories of migration: the early neolithic around the north sea.

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Rune Iversen - Participant

Mathias Paul Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist - Participant

Vicki Cummings - Participant

Daniela Hofmann - Participant

• SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History

Research areas

• Early Neolithic, Migration, North Sea, 4th millennium BC, Networks

Related Research outputs (1)

Muddying the waters: reconsidering migration in the neolithic of britain, ireland and denmark.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

ID: 310220765

DFF-Research Project Grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research | Technology and Production Sciences, June 2016

The grants are awarded within the framework of the Danish Council for Independent Research’s E2015 and F2016 call, with the aim of providing researchers in Denmark the best possible conditions for producing outstanding research results at a high international level.

Grant and rejection letters will be forwarded as soon as possible.

Please be advised that the Council cannot be held responsible for printing errors and reserves the right to make budgetary adjustments. A very limited number of applicants have been admitted to a waiting list and they will be contacted directly.

DFF-Research Project 1

Project Title: Advanced tailoring of 3D microstructures for superconducting magnets Grant Recipient: Anders Christian Wulff Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,592,000

Project Title: Lethal mutagenesis in the control of chronic disease caused by RNA virus Grant Recipient: Armando Arias Esteban Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,592,000 

Project Title: Biomimetic Foldamers with Novel Three-dimensional Structures Grant Recipient: Christian Adam Olsen Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 2,571,461

Project Title: Biomimetic and responsive adhesives for a challenging biological environment Grant Recipient: Esben Thormann Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,588,721

Project Title: The weight of cities and dematerialization and decarbonization implications (CityWeight) Grant Recipient: Gang Liu Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,592,000

Project Title: Enhancing nutritional value of locally-grown protein feed by transport engineering Grant Recipient: Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 2,592,000

Project Title: A Traceable 3D Scanning and Reconstruction Pipeline Grant Recipient: Jakob Andreas Bærentzen Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,551,624

Project Title: A novel principle for highly sensitive detection of tagged proteins Grant Recipient: Jakob Rahr Winther Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 2,187,547 

Project Title: Resonant Piezoelectric Shunt Damping of Structures Grant Recipient: Jan Becker Høgsberg Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,472,974

Project Title: A new generation of multi-modal registration algorithms based on probabilistic modeling Grant Recipient: Koen Van Leemput Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,564,280

Project Title: Modulation of signalling pathways in isolated nerve-terminals by isomerization of proline Grant Recipient: Martin Røssel Larsen Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,239,200

Project Title: Neutron scattering assisted quantitative design of high pressure synthesized polymer hydrogels dedicated to antibiotics carriers Grant Recipient: Matti Pekka Knaapila Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,240,577

Project Title: Unbiased Characterization of Microbial Communities Grant Recipient: Per Halkjær Nielsen Place of Employment: Aalborg University Awarded Amount: DKK 2,591,628

Project Title: Controlling ice growth to create micro-channel structures Grant Recipient: Rasmus Bjørk Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,584,800

Project Title:  Characterization of hepatitis C-like viruses in horses: Dual purpose for human and equine health Grant Recipient: Troels Scheel Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 2,588,738 

Project Title: Fractional laser-assisted sustained topical delivery of systemic chemotherapeutics Grant Recipient: Merete Hædersdal Place of Employment: Bispebjerg Hospital Awarded Amount: DKK 1,597,745 (funded by the Cross-Council Committee of The Danish Council for Independent Research)

Project Title: Saliva-repellent, mucoadhesive nanofiber-based hybrid systems for sublingual delivery of biopharmaceuticals Grant Recipient: Hanne Mørck Nielsen Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 2,585,704 

Project Title: Modal instability mitigation in double-pass amplifiers (Midas) Grant Recipient: Jesper Lægsgaard Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 2,474,856 

Project Title: Graphene Oxide Membranes for Alcohol Dehydration Grant Recipient: Vittorio Boffa Place of Employment: Aalborg University Awarded Amount: DKK 2,592,000

DFF-Research Project 2

Project Title: Long lifetime fluorescent dyes Grant Recipient: Bo Wegge Laursen Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 6,305,099

Project Title: Targeting amyloid to combat bacterial biofilm Grant Recipient: Daniel Otzen Place of Employment: Aarhus University Awarded Amount: DKK 5,827,632

Project Title: PhageGut - Phages for target specific gut microbiota manipulation Grant Recipient: Dennis Sandris Nielsen Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 6.293.061

Project Title: The single tree experiment Grant Recipient: Ebba Karin Helena Dellwik Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 5,546,020

Project Title: Compact Integrated Terahertz Sources (CITS) Grant Recipient: Esben Skovsen Place of Employment: Aalborg University Awarded Amount: DKK 6,467,400

Project Title: Crystallization Process Intensification for Pharmaceutical Production (ProPharm) Grant Recipient: Gürkan Sin Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 6,403,445

Project Title: Genome editing for disease resistance in cereals Grant Recipient: Hans Thordal-Christensen Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen Awarded Amount: DKK 6,471,864

Project Title: MODELLING THE MULTI-PHYSICS IN RESIN INJECTION PULTRUSION (RIP) OF COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL PROFILES Grant Recipient: Jesper Henri Hattel Place of Employment: Technical University of Denmark Awarded Amount: DKK 4,872,837 

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In addition to the first-place recognition, team members were awarded an opportunity to intern at any of the four NASA Aeronautics Centers — Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA), Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH), Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA), and Armstrong Flight Research Center (Edwards, CA) —across the country during the 2024-25 Academic Year.   

“We truly enjoyed the NASA Blue Skies competition,” said team lead Krishi Gajjar. “We are honored that our efforts have been awarded by the experienced and diverse judging panel. This would not have been possible without the guidance from our advisor, professor Mark Gonda, and our rigorous engineering program at Cal Poly Pomona. We are proud to have grown together as a team and are excited to continue advancing aviation in our future careers as aerospace engineers!” 

Second place went to Columbia University with their project, “AVATARS: Aerial Vehicles for Avalanche Terrain Assessment and Reporting Systems.”  

Other awards included:  

• Future Game-Changer Award: Cerritos College | F.I.R.E (Fire Intervention Retardant Expeller) 
• Most Innovative Award: North Carolina State University | Reconnaissance and Emergency Aircraft for Critical Hurricane Relief (REACHR) 

Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s University Innovation Project , the Gateways to Blue Skies Competition is an initiative to engage college students in researching climate-friendly technologies and applications related to the future of aviation. Because of the increase in natural disasters compounded by climate change, the 2024 theme, “Advancing Aviation for Natural Disaster,” asked students to investigate and conceptualize, in terms of feasibility and viability, aviation-related systems that can be applied by 2035 to one phase of management of a chosen type of natural disaster to improve capabilities. 

Because many emergency response professionals believe there is no one proposed concept that will be applicable for all different natural disasters or can be applied to all phases of management, this competition welcomed a wide range of potential solutions. New technologies and applications gained from this crowdsourced competition may be developed further by NASA for use in coordinating and facilitating disaster management. 

At the Forum, finalist teams presented concepts of systems that addressed responses to natural disasters such as earthquakes, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.   

“Whenever NASA engages with students, it’s such a rewarding experience,” said Steven Holz, NASA Aeronautics University Innovation Assistant Project Manager and Blue Skies judge and co-chair. “This competition encourages students to imagine, expand, and tackle the challenges and opportunities that await in the future of aeronautics. The students bring unique concepts and ideas to the table along with a wealth of knowledge and professionalism. It’s always exciting to have the chance to see firsthand what they come up with next.” 

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The 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition is sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and administered by the National Institute of Aerospace .  

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Bridging the labor mismatch in US construction

The US construction sector seems set for a jobs boom. The US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  projects $550 billion of new infrastructure investment over the next decade, which our modeling suggests could create 3.2 million new jobs across the nonresidential construction value chain. That’s approximately a 30 percent increase in the overall US nonresidential construction workforce, which would mean 300,000 to 600,000 new workers entering the sector—every year.

This is a big ask for an industry that is already struggling to find the people it needs. In October 2021, 402,000 construction positions 1 Included both nonresidential and residential construction openings. Further granularity is not available from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. remained unfilled at the end of the month, the second-highest level recorded since data collection began in December 2000.

In this environment, wages have already increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting intense competition for employees, with employers offering higher pay or other nonwage benefits. Between December 2019 and 2021, construction wages grew by 7.9 percent. 2 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Competition from other sectors for the same pool of labor is heating up, too. For example, over the same period, transportation and warehousing wages grew by 12.6 percent. The prospect of higher pay and better working conditions is already tempting experienced workers away from construction and into these and other sectors.

No end in sight

Today’s mismatches are likely to persist because of structural shifts in the labor market. The relationship between job openings and unemployment has departed from historical trends. In January 2022—two years from the start of the pandemic—the US unemployment rate stood at 4.0 percent, close to its prepandemic level of 3.5 percent. Job openings remained exceptionally high, however, with 10.9 million unfilled positions as of the end of December 2021, compared with 5.9 million in December 2019.

This labor supply imbalance has multiple root causes, some shorter term and cyclical while others are more structural in nature. For example, the pandemic brought forward the retirements of many in the baby-boomer generation, with an estimated 3.2 million leaving the workforce in 2020—over a million more than in any year before 2016. According to the American Opportunity Survey , among those who are unemployed, concerns about physical health, mental health, and lack of childcare remain the dominant impediments preventing reentry into the workforce. Research on the “Great Attrition/Great Attraction”  also highlights the importance of nonwage components of the employee value proposition. Record job openings and quit rates highlight employees’ growing emphasis on feeling valued by their organization, supportive management, and flexibility and autonomy at work.

Additionally, the pipeline of new construction workers is not flowing as freely as it once did. Training programs have been slow to restart operations after pandemic-driven safety concerns led to their suspension the spring of 2020. The industry is finding it more difficult to attract the international workforce that has been an important source of talent for engineering, design, and contracting activities. Net migration has been falling since 2016, a trend accelerated by COVID-19 travel restrictions. 3 Population estimates, US Census Bureau. Between 2016 and 2021, net migration declined steadily from 1.06 million to 244,000.

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Impact on projects.

The interconnected nature of the construction value chain means that the labor mismatch generates knock-on effects across the project life cycle and supply chain. By late 2021, project owners were reporting that up to 25 percent of material deliveries to sites were either late or incomplete. In project execution, the combination of higher hourly rates, premiums and incentives, and overtime payments was resulting in overall labor costs as much as double prepandemic levels. Meanwhile, difficulty accessing skilled and experienced people was leading some owners to report project delays related to issues around the quality and productivity of on-site work.

In some US cities and their suburbs, wage growth has surpassed the level seen in core Gulf Coast counties at the height of the shale oil boom. Labor shortages in the shale sector drove wages up by 5 to 10 percent and were correlated with steep drops in productivity. The productivity of some tasks fell by 40 percent or more during shale construction peaks (exhibit), and overall productivity declined by about 40 percent per year when labor was in short supply. This forced owners to extend project timelines by 20 to 25 percent. The impact of a long-term, nationwide labor mismatch might be even more severe than the shale industry’s experience, given that oil companies were able to attract new workers from around the country.

Getting back into balance

The labor mismatch in the construction sector is bad today, and set to get worse. To avoid a decade or more of rising costs, falling productivity, and ever-increasing project delays, companies in the industry should consider thoughtful actions now.

Those actions could address three components of the challenge. First, companies could do everything possible to maximize productivity through measures aimed at improving efficiency across the value chain. Second, they could expand the pool of available labor by doubling down on accessing diverse talent and working harder to retain the employees already in their organization. Finally, they could consider making labor a strategic priority, with senior leadership attention within companies.

Improving construction productivity

Companies could access a range of levers to reduce the labor content required per job and drive to improve productivity in project development and delivery. Those levers involve changes to project designs and fresh thinking about when, where, and how work is done.

Improvements in productivity occur long before work starts on the ground. They include rigorous control of project scope, design simplification, and standardization. Increasing the use of off-site and modular construction , for example, could allow projects to capture multiple benefits, including accelerated design cycles; the greater productivity associated with industrialized, factory floor manufacturing techniques; automation; and less time spent on site.

Smarter execution management, enabled by digital technologies and analytics techniques could drive better, faster decision making during project delivery. Real-time data collection, for example, gives project managers earlier, more detailed insights about progress, allowing them to intervene more effectively to maintain productivity and keep projects on track. Intelligent simulation software allows teams to evaluate hundreds of thousands of possible critical paths, identifying approaches that could be more efficient or less risky than the conventional wisdom.

Lean construction is another proven way to drive significant and sustainable productivity improvements. Establishing a centralized, continuous improvement engine could enhance on-site execution through integrated planning, performance management, and waste elimination. Key stakeholders across the project work with a common, agreed set of key performance indicators. That allows them to address issues in real time and facilitates collaboration to reduce waste and variability work. Capability building across the planning and construction teams could help team members understand and adopt lean construction practices.

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Reimagining talent.

To ensure access to the skills they need, construction sector companies can accelerate the onboarding of recruits, boost retention by revisiting what employees want beyond wages, and invest more in developing their pipelines of future workers.

In the near term, employers could prioritize review of job applications and reduce the number of steps in both the interview and onboarding process. In the medium term, both the public and private sectors could look to reduce hiring timelines and shift to a skills-based approach when hiring.

In the medium term, retaining current staff and attracting new talent will both turn on understanding of what employees value beyond wages. Competitive wages are now table stakes, so employees are thinking about a broader set of benefits and workplace characteristics when making decisions about where to work. Research on attrition in the postpandemic workplace  has shown that they are placing more emphasis on autonomy, flexibility, support, and upward mobility.

In the longer term, the construction industry can consider a new approach to talent attraction, development, and retention. Talent acquisition could begin early, through partnerships with educational institutions including universities, colleges, and high schools. These partnerships could boost awareness of the possibilities of a career in the sector and ensure future employees have appropriate skills prior to onboarding.

Companies could also look more widely for potential recruits, considering individuals who have taken alternative educational paths, such as technical degrees or hands-on experience. The Rework America Alliance , a Markle-led coalition in which McKinsey is a partner, illustrates the importance of skills-based, rather than credential-based, hiring. A skills-based perspective  is key to tapping into the talents of the 106 million workers who have built capabilities through experience but whose talents are often unrecognized because they don’t have a four-year college degree. A skills-based approach could be complemented by reimagining apprenticeships to bring younger students and vocational talent into the industry at an earlier stage in their careers.

Employers could consider working with a range of nontraditional sources of talent, including veteran-transition programs, formerly incarcerated individuals, and others. Homeboy Industries provides an example of the local impact, effectiveness, and potential of working with often overlooked population segments. Moreover, identifying and attracting talent from outside the traditional paths used by the construction industry could also help it to increase the diversity of its workforce. Today, 88 percent of the sector’s workforce is White and 89 percent is male. 4 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed March 10, 2022.

Looking at labor through a strategic lens

Labor and skills shortages have the potential to slow growth and erode profitability across the construction value chain. For C-suites, there’s no other single issue that could protect against significant cost erosion. Companies could consider establishing a systematic talent acquisition and retention program, led by a C-level executive and a core part of the CEO agenda. That program could first be tasked with building a robust fact base on current and emerging labor needs and availability gaps. It could then identify a bold set of initiatives that address labor-related issues across the value chain. This exercise starts in the boardroom, but it doesn’t stop there. Leadership will likely need to be increasingly present in the field and on the job site too, celebrating and recognizing top talent throughout the organization.

The labor challenge extends well beyond corporate boundaries. Since the successful delivery of a project could be jeopardized by labor shortages in a single value-chain participant, project owners and contractors may want to adapt the structure of project relationships and contracts. Moving away from traditional contracting methods to collaborative contracts , for example, allows participants to share market risks and opportunities as a project evolves, rather than baking in worst-case estimates at the outset of negotiations.

The US construction sector is poised to revitalize, replace, and expand the country’s infrastructure. Done right, that will power inclusive growth and set up the economy for success in the 21st century. To do so, the sector will need to address its labor challenges. That calls for the application of a diverse set of tools and approaches to create better jobs, get the most out of its people, and optimize agility and collaboration across the value chain.

Garo Hovnanian is a partner in McKinsey’s Philadelphia office, Ryan Luby is a senior knowledge expert in the New York office, and Shannon Peloquin is a partner in the Bay Area office.

The authors wish to thank Tim Bacon, Luis Campos, Roberto Charron, Justin Dahl, Rebecca de Sa, Bonnie Dowling, Bryan Hancock, Rawad Hasrouni, Adi Kumar, Jonathan Law, Michael Neary, Nikhil Patel, Gaby Pierre, Jose Maria Quiros, Kurt Schoeffler, Shubham Singhal, Stephanie Stefanski, Jennifer Volz, and Jonathan Ward for their contributions to this article.

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