A Two-year Research Talent Programme for Early Career Researchers
AAU Excellence
A Two-year Research Talent Programme for Early Career Researchers
AAU Excellence
Each year, eight talented early career researchers will have the opportunity to participate in a research talent programme where the instructors and mentors are AAU's international top professors across AAU's four faculties.?
The two-year programme focuses on development of the participants research competencies and profile, research management competencies and research ideas, maturing the participants research CVs through publication in internationally recognized journals, establishing scientific networks and securement of prestigious career grants.
AAU must contribute to solving the major societal challenges, and this poses new, special demands for research competences. Therefore, as a university, we must be able to attract, develop and retain the best talented researchers.
Programme content
The program’s content is defined within five areas:??
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Research
Maturing your research ideas and skills.?
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Competency Development
E.g. introduction to the prestigious grants, scientific grant writing, researach management and media training.?
- 3
Mentoring
Assignment of one senior mentor with a focus on career development.
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Networking
Establishing network within the participants own research field and scientific fields. Developing international profile and network.?
- 5
Exclusive Events
E.g. inspirational meet ups with international top researcher, university management and representatives from scientific foundations.
NEWS FROM AAU Excellence
CURRENT STATUS AS OF 19TH OF NOVEMBER 2024
The selection committee has chosen the first eight participants for AAU Excellence, they are:
Ida B?k Hjermitslev, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Majse Lind, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Aleksejs Sazonovs, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Anne Krogh N?hr, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Caitlin Margaret Singleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Faculty of Engineering and Science
Hongbo Zhao, Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Faculty of Engineering and Science
Edlira Dushku, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Systems, Technical Faculty of IT and Design
Jeanette Falk Olesen, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Technical Faculty of IT and Design
Next selection round
For those interested in the programme, there is good news. The next application round will begin in the first half of 2025 with admission to the programme as of 1 January 2026.
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