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Discover the most common funds SDU researchers across faculties are applying for.
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Discover the most common funds SDU researchers across faculties are applying for.
EU Call Finder - Find a call using AI
This app automatically matches your research profile or current interests with relevant calls.
Use AI to find your next EU project
Get inspired by existing EU-funded projects and ensure the novelty of your idea with the EU Projects app.
Let AI find your next research partner
The EU Partners app helps you build a strong consortium by finding relevant partners from across Europe to collaborate with.
Explore grants received at SDU
Find inspiration in the interactive dashboard that lets you discover grants received by researchers from all five faculties at SDU.
Find grants using Pivot-RP
An external fund database with extensive coverage of Danish as well as European and other foreign grants in all disciplines.
Before you apply
For an average application here are some considerations to take before you apply for a fund.
When you receive the grant letter
At this stage we urge you to contact your local faculty research support unit for assistance.
After you received a grant
Guidelines to keep in mind during your research project.
Completion of a research project
When you are closing in on a deadline in a research project here are a few important things to keep in mind.
Accelerate your career with EU funding
Discover how to effectively navigate the complex landscape of EU grants and maximise your funding opportunities.
Commercialise your innovative idea
When you commercialize your innovative ideas to make a significant societal impact, you can turn visions into reality and drive positive change.
Develop your talent with SDU Research Academy
The program aims to develop young researchers’ skills in application processes, project and research management.
Improve your grant application with collegial sparring
Join our collegial sparring sessions to enhance your grant funding skills with fellow researchers.
Research registration - Pure
SDU researchers' research output is added to the system "Pure".
SDU Research Portal
SDU's Research Portal offers a public access to research and expert areas at the university.
Open Science & Research Data Management
The Research Data Management support team assists researchers with the organization, management, and curation of research data to enhance its preservation and access now and into the future.
Open Access
With Open Access research can be accessed without login and payment from readers.
Get a DOI - digital object identifier
DOIs are widely used for publications and data sets to ensure that they are not confused when quoted.
Research identifiers
Learn more about ORCID, Scopus' Author ID and Researcher ID in Web of Science.
Commercialise your research
Get support from SDU's business developers to transform your research ideas into businesses with impact.
Get legal support for your research project
Ensure the best conditions for your research project with support from Legal Services.
Research integrity and ethics
Access support, guidelines, and procedures to ensure responsible and ethical research at SDU.
Create a data management plan for your project
Get help organizing, managing, and curating your research data to enhance its preservation and future access.
A-Z financial support for your research project
Find assistance with budget approval, post-award services, and a range of forms and templates to support your research.
Find your way through the funding landscape
Identify different opportunities for funding in a large and varied funding landscape with this overview.
Get your research project reviewed and approved by SDU's Research Ethics Committee.
GET (Gender Equality Team) offers advice, training, and resources to help you integrate gender perspectives and meet EU requirements.
Discover how to effectively navigate the complex landscape of EU grants and maximise your funding opportunities.
As a researcher, you will often find that journalists want an opinion from you within your field. Here is how you do.
New tool
SDU moves to Pivot‑RP in 2026, offering personalized profiles, smarter funding alerts, and early access replacing Research Professional university‑wide tool.
Responsible research
At SDU, we support integrity, ethics, and compliance to ensure responsible research practices that meet the highest professional standards.
Research funding
Turn your ideas into impact. At SDU, we give you digital tools that make it easier to find funding and develop strong proposals - so you can focus on groundbreaking research.
Get onboarded
Discover how to navigate the complex landscape of EU grants and enhance your chances of getting funding for your new research project.
New framework for funding
SDU boosts external research funding by leveraging increased support from private foundations and the EU to address societal challenges.
SDU Research Academy
18.02.2026
Competence and implementation programme supports early-career researchers in their development as research leaders.
RegMetrics
09.01.2026
When regulatory requirements are considered from the start, they become part of the solution. With the RegMetrics platform, researchers and clinicians gain an educational digital tool that makes the process simpler, faster, and more efficient, turning regulatory requirements into a lever for innovation rather than a barrier.
MedTech Odense
04.12.2025
New opportunities to apply for funding in 2026.
Funding tools
03.12.2025
From February 1, 2026, SDU will use Pivot-RP as its main funding tool, replacing Research Professional. You can access Pivot-RP from December 1, 2025 and use features like personalized profiles and tailored funding alerts.
Funding strategy
14.11.2025
A new initiative in 2025 encourages researchers to share feedback on funding applications with their local research support. The goal is to achieve better applications and provide more targeted advice across the university.
Discovery
28.10.2025
Researchers from SDU want to activate the local community in acute conversations with young people who are struggling. With funding from SDU's Discovery funds, the project has taken its first steps from idea to action.
SDU Project Bank
19.09.2025
Are you looking to collaborate with a student on a bachelor’s project, master’s thesis, project-oriented course, or similar project?
Discovery
30.06.2025
PhD student from the University of Southern Denmark aims to analyse playground use through a new AI-based method. SDU funds, Discovery, gave an important boost to the development.
Medtech
14.06.2025
Medtech postdoc Mahdi Momeni is developing a device that detects infections in patients with a central venous catheter (CVC). The device monitors the tissue around the catheter to keep the patients safe - and ultimately save lives.
Researcher & Entrepreneur
13.06.2025
Andreas Gejl Madsen is building a holographic 3D printer that uses light to fabricate, for example, a pancreas or a heart valve in under a minute. He has one year to develop a business based on his research.