ACROBATIC project grants

ACROBATIC funds new and current projects affiliated to the center with a total of 3.550.000 DKK per year. Funding applications can be handed in twice a year and it is possible to obtain funding for both clinical and methodological studies.

The grant can be used for:

VIP and TAP salary – amounting to maximum 1 year of salary.
Remuneration of staff is in accordance with the Danish Cancer Society’s grant conditions (Link).
The VIP (PhD students, post docs, and senior researchers) or TAP personnel (project nurses, physiotherapists, lab technicians etc.) must work for the given ACROBATIC-affiliated Work Package (WP) or National Infrastructure (NI).
ACROBATIC does not cover overhead.
It is possible to apply for 1 year PhD salary through AU, SDU or AAU. Please contact scientific coordinator, Marie-Louise Holm, for more information.

See below for next application deadline.

application deadline

16^th January 2025 at 11:59 PM

Application guidelines

Since ACROBATIC is a national and inter- and cross disciplinary center, there is some criteria that must be met.

Areas of support

Applications for studies within the three clinical focus areas: ”Prehabilitation and preoperative risk assessment”, “Surgical techniques and innovation”, ”Survivorship”, must address a specific study with focus on surgical oncology in relation to the overall purpose and strategy.

Funds can be sought for new and ongoing projects:

Salary for scientific staff (VIP): PhD Students, PostDocs, Senior Researchers allocated to WPs or NIs
Salary for technical administrative staff (TAP): Project Nurses, Physiotherapists, Laboratory Technicians and the like

If you have a project that meets the formal requirements and criteria for a project, please send an email to info@acrobatic.dk to inquire whether your project can be affiliated with ACROBATIC.

Formal requirements

To be considered, the application must actively involve persons and departments that were part of ACROBATIC in the initial ‘Knæk Cancer’ application from 2021, or who have subsequently been included in ACROBATIC following approval by the Management Team of ACROBATIC.

The study must involve several DMCGs and/or be national. As defined by DCCC, a national study must:

involve partners from East and West of ’Storebælt’,
preferably be anchored in the relevant DMCG’s, and
actively involve hospitals from at least three regions or
at least three regional units and/or universities.

A study that is not national according to the definition from DCCC may be considered if there is a substantiated description of how and when the study will have the potential to become national or the study deals with rare cancers where only 1-2 treatment sites are available. The latter must be documented. All studies must comply with the ethical guidelines of Danish Cancer Society.

Evaluation

The Executive Committee of ACROBATIC reviews and prioritizes received applications, and based on a motivated recommendation, allocates the funds. The recommendations and final decision are submitted to the Center of Knowledge for information.

The Executive Committee can select a conditional recommendation specifying specific requirements. The applicant must fulfill these within 1 month after receiving information hereof. Otherwise, the recommendation lapses.

Research projects are prioritized based on scientific value, clinical relevance, feasibility, expected benefit of the patient and the degree of national and international collaboration.

The following will be included in the assessment of the individual application: