USA Danish Diabetes Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships for International Students 2018

The Danish Diabetes Academy (DDA) is calling applications for DDA Postdoctoral Fellowships available in 2018. International students are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Danish Diabetes Academy (DDA) constitutes an original networking platform for a national diabetes research strategy that is rational and science-based, and which will strengthen both basic and clinical research in diabetes. DDA is expected to foster enhanced collaboration between Danish diabetes research environments and ensure rapid distribution and shared access to novel research results, ideas and technologies, thus benefiting other research groups within the organisation.

Applicants are required to have High-level English language skills are required (oral as well as written).

Course Level: Fellowship is available to pursue Postdoctoral degree programme.

Study Subject: The postdoctoral fellowships should be within diabetes and metabolism. Applications supporting the three major strategic areas of the DDA (internationalization, interdisciplinarity and collaboration across sectors) will be prioritized.

Scholarship Award: The Danish Diabetes Academy (DDA) has four two-year and six three-year postdoctoral fellowships available in 2018. The postdoctoral grant is of 600,000 DKK per year for two/three years, i.e. 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Eligible Nationalities: International students are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Eligiility Criteria: In order to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

• You must have a PhD degree or your PhD thesis must be accepted for defence at the time of receiving the grant notification letter.
• You can apply for a first postdoctoral period or a second postdoctoral period. The first postdoctoral period must NOT have exceeded 3 years, but in specific cases this can be negotiated (i.e. in connection with pregnancy or illness). Please notice the new law and regulations by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education regarding job structure for academic staff at the universities for candidates who apply for a second postdoctoral period at the same university.
• The principal investigator has to be associated with a Danish research institution **(for foreign candidates, the DDA will be helpful with recommending a potential principal investigator associated with a Danish university).
• A change of research/work environment (i.e. study abroad or working in another sector, i.e. general practice, industry, university hospital) will be prioritized.
• High-level English language skills are required (oral as well as written).

Language Requirements: Applicants are required to have High-level English language skills are required (oral as well as written).