Deadline: October 1, 2026
Applications are open for the NNF-IAS Fellowship 2027-2029. The eight Nordic Institutes for Advanced Studies are pleased to announce the first call for fellowships in the NNF-IAS fellowship programme on Health and Sustainability, supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
This call is the first of four calls. The first sub-theme is: Inequity in Health.
In this first call, five fellowships are available for curiosity-driven, talented international researchers from any discipline. The five fellowships are distributed among the four main partner institutes and start on September 1, 2027, lasting for 23 months until July 2029.
Benefits
- Salary: Fellows are offered a full-time salary based on seniority. Employment conditions and wages are regulated through the collective union agreements in the Nordic country of the hosting institute.
- Travel and research costs: The fellowship covers relocation travel expenses (amount subject to prior approval by the hiring institute) and offers relocation assistance. The fellowship also includes a budget for research costs of up to EUR 20,000.
- Working environment: Fellows will have office space at the hosting institute and can participate in academic training activities, conferences and workshops at the institute. Fellows will also be affiliated with the other Institutes for Advanced Studies in the Nordic countries.
Eligibility
Applicants apply individually, but the selected candidates are also expected to work together as a group during the fellowship and occasionally travel to the other Nordic Institutes for Advanced Studies. The fellowship call is open for curiosity-driven researchers and welcomes applications from researchers:
- of any nationality and from all academic disciplines with research profiles within the thematic scope of the call.
- who have a career experience of 2 to 10 years after completion of the PhD (PhD training period will not be considered in the calculation of experience).
- who comply with a mobility demand as applicants must not have resided or carried out their main work activity in the country of priority for more than 12 months in the two years immediately prior to the deadline of the call.
- who are excited about taking part in an interdisciplinary, cross-Nordic research endeavor.
- who demonstrate mobility and are willing to reside in the country of the hosting institute for the duration of the fellowship.
Application
In the application, applicants must prioritize their desired hosting institute for the duration of the fellowship. In the ‘Guide for Applicants’, you can find the detailed application requirements, and information on the structure of the online application system and on the selection criteria and process.
For more information, visit NNF-IAS Fellowship.
