Description
The Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) invites talented postgraduate students to apply for the Industrial PhD Scholarships 2025. These prestigious scholarships offer early-career researchers the opportunity to pursue a PhD in diabetes, metabolism, or endocrinology while engaging in valuable industry-academia collaboration.
Application Deadline: 20 August 2025 (23:59 CET)
About the DDEA Industrial PhD Scholarships 2025
The Industrial PhD Scholarships 2025 provide 2/3 financing, covering 1,100,000 DKK towards salary and tuition fees for the first two years of the three-year PhD program. The remaining funding must be supplemented by a collaborating life-science industry partner.
These scholarships are designed to strengthen research links between Danish universities and industry, promoting practical and high-impact research in diabetes, metabolismand endocrinology.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Hold a Master’s degree from a Danish university or a recognized foreign university (as approved by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education).
- Must not already be enrolled as a PhD student at the time of receiving the grant notification (26 November 2025).
- Principal supervisor must be employed at a Danish university faculty and conduct research in the applicant’s field.
- A co-supervisor from the life-science industry can also be affiliated with the project.
Note: If the Master’s degree has not yet been awarded at the time of application, a statement from the thesis supervisor confirming expected completion must be provided.
Important Application Rules
- Only one PhD scholarship application per round is allowed across all DDEA PhD scholarship calls.
- Principal Investigators (PIs) can host only one 2/3-financed DDEA-funded PhD scholar or two-year DDEA-funded postdoctoral fellow at a time (with some exceptions).
- PIs hosting other types of DDEA-funded scholars may also participate under specified conditions.
