Apply for the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) - AUFF Fellowship

Name of the Event: AIAS - AUFF Fellowship

Date: 1 September 2026

Place: Aarhus, Denmark

Last Date of Application: 28 October 2025

Link to Apply:

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Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) announces up to 10 AIAS-AUFF Fellowships in this 2025-2026 call. The AIAS-AUFF Fellowships are available for curiosity-driven, talented researchers from all over the world and within all research disciplines.

Fellowships start on 1 September 2026 and last for 23 months for researchers with 2 to 10 years of experience after completion of their PhD.

Who can apply for an AIAS-AUFF Fellowship?

The call is open to curiosity-driven researchers and welcomes applications from researchers-

• with a career experience of 2 to 10 years after completion of their PhD by the deadline of the call

• from all research disciplines of any nationality

• who comply with a mobility demand, as applicants must not have resided or carried out their main work activity in Denmark for more than 12 months in the two years immediately prior to the deadline of the call.

• who have an interdisciplinary research project and/or interest

• who have/see relevant collaboration possibilities at Aarhus University

Fellows are offered:

• a salary based on seniority (employment conditions and wages are regulated through the Danish collective union agreements)

• Relocation travel costs covered

• relocation assistance

• Fellows will have office space at AIAS and can participate in the academic training activities, conferences and workshops at AIAS. They will also be affiliated with the relevant research environments at Aarhus University.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - helle@aias.au.dk