Millions to Aarhus researchers

The Danish Council for Independent Research recently presented 72 grants totalling approximately DKK 161 million to researchers in the Medical Sciences category. 27 of the 72 grants were presented to researchers from Health for their research projects.

The following received awards

• Bente Vilsen – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,585,943.
• Carmela Matrone – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,592,000.
• Claus Johansen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, amount: DKK 1,108,325.
• Henrik Birn – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,439,020.
• Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,587,991.
• Jens Christian Hedemann Sørensen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, amount: DKK 1,686,556.
• Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, amount: DKK 1,584,000.
• Kristian Overgaard – Department of Public Health, amount: DKK 1,571,501.
• Lars Dyrskjøt Andersen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), amount: DKK 2,588,475.
• Martin Roelsgaard Jakobsen – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,588,566.
• Michael Robert Horsman – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, amount: DKK 2,564,244.
• Nicola Pavese - Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, amount: DKK 6,000,253.
• Olav Michael Andersen – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,590,451.
• Per Höllsberg – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,278,738.
• Peter Hokland – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Haematology, amount: DKK 773,250.
• Rikke Katrine Jentoft Olsen – Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, amount: DKK 2,590,289.
• Robert A. Fenton – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,587,734. Robert A. Fenton also received DKK 2,541,654 to a research project within the category Nature and Universe.
• Sebastian Frische – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 864,000.
• Simon Fristed Eskildsen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, amount: DKK 2,590,452.
• Steen Vang Petersen – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,272,949.
• Sten Lyager Nielsen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, amount: DKK 2,453,142.
• Susanne Keiding – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-Centre, amount: DKK 1,848,953.
• Søren Kragh Moestrup – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,584,595.
• Søren Nielsen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, amount: DKK 2,353,373.
• Søren Paaske Johnsen – Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, amount: DKK 1,551,265.
• Tue G. Banke – Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, amount: DKK 2,591,834.

Read more about the individual research projects on The Danish Council for Independent Research’s website (Danish).