Two Center researchers received highly prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Elahu Gosney Sustarcis, a postdoc in Zach Gerhart-Hines’ group, Section for Metabolic Receptology, and Thorsten Brach, postdoc in Manimozhiyan Arumugam’s Group, Section for Metabolic Genetics obtained the Individual Fellowships. 

In 2015, the number of applications from Danish host institutions reached a total of 316, 49 of which have received commitment appropriations. This provides a success rate of 15.5%.

Overall, 8,380 applications for the call were assessed; 1,163 of which have received grants. The Danish success rate of 15.5% is therefore above the average of 13.9%.

The 49 applications provide a comprehensive Danish intake of € 10.4 million equivalent to just over DKK 78 million. The Danish participants get 4.9% of the total distribution on the call of € 213.2 million.

All 49 mobility grants are received by a number of Danish universities. University of Copenhagen has received 29 commitments, University of Aarhus 8, Technical University of Denmark 6 and University of Southern Denmark - 4. Copenhagen Business School and Roskilde University has each received one commitment.

Marie S. Curie IF
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships support the mobility of researchers within and beyond Europe - as well as helping to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU.

The grant usually covers two years' salary, a mobility allowance, research costs and overheads for the host institution.

Individual researchers submit proposals for funding in liaison with their planned host organization. Proposals are judged on their research quality, the researcher's future career prospects, and the support offered by the host organization. Fellows can also spend part of the fellowship elsewhere in Europe if this would boost impact, and those restarting their career in Europe benefit from special eligibility conditions.