Course How to secure funding for your research

The course C327/ How to Secure Funding for Your Research is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2025. 

Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD and research-year medical students).

Requirements for participation: None

Aim: This course aims to assist and support in navigating the application process for both small and large grant applications - a task that can be particularly challenging for PhD- and research year students.

Learning outcomes: At the end of this course, participants will have an improved understanding of how to secure funding for their research. Participants have strengthened their skills within the following themes:

• Clarity and conciseness
• Alignment with Funder's objectives
• Impact and outcomes
• Budget transparency
• Compelling narrative

Workload: The full workload of the course is expected to be 12 hours

Content: 

The course includes both teaching and practical exercises.

During the course, we will work with the following themes related to fond applications

• Timing of application
• The fund
• The applicant
• The project
• The budget
•  The recommendations
• The internal, including institutional review

Instructors: 

• Morten Søndergaard Lindhard, Associate professor (Course leader)
• Anders Schram (Lecturer)
• Tine Brink, Clinical Professor (Lecturer)

Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 07 November 2025 08:00 - 15:30