Since 2014, the AIAS-COFUND fellowship programmes have been available for the most talented researchers from around the world and within all research disciplines and topics.
The first AIAS-COFUND Fellowship scheme (2014 - 2021) was funded with a grant of DKK 46 million by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions grant agreement no 609033.
The second AIAS-COFUND II Fellowship scheme was supported with a grant of DKK 36 million from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions grant agreement no 754513.
Both fellowship programmes were co-funded by Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF).
The efforts of the fellows have resulted in numerous scientific publications and a lasting academic and societal impact with research topics addressing global challenges. Moreover, new research questions have been generated, leading to novel ideas and research projects, many of which have been funded with prestigious career grants from e.g. the ERC (see more about these projects here: https://aias.au.dk/research/impact/from-researcher-to-group-leader).
Evaluations also show that AIAS fellows form new and lasting collaborations and network, in Denmark and internationally, and that these collaborations continue post-fellowship. 30% of the fellows have been recruited to Aarhus University or other research institutions in Denmark.
Learn more about impact of an AIAS fellowship here: https://aias.au.dk/research/impact)
The target group of the programmes were talented researchers at all career stages with a PhD and a minimum of two years of full-time postdoctoral research experience. Fellows in these programmes have mainly been recruited from abroad as applicants had to comply with a mobility demand as part of the objective to foster international research mobility.
The AIAS-COFUND programmes have supported both junior and senior researchers who were seeking to enhance their understanding of methodologies and approaches of their own and other scientific disciplines and who wished to explore these approaches, thus valuing cross-disciplinary inspiration and initiatives.
The two programmes have provided career development opportunities by offering both academic mentorship and career development opportunities in transferable skills as well as giving fellows in the programme the opportunity to organize multidisciplinary and international conferences. The fellowships included a full salary, office space and a budget for research related expenses.
These fellowship programmes have received funding from the European Union’s:
and Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF).
