In a landmark collaboration bridging Danish analysis excellence with California’s world-main innovation ecosystem, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of California, Davis have launched the California–Denmark Innovator Fellowship 2025.
This absolutely funded alternative invites postdoctoral researchers from Danish universities to spend six transformative months in California, turning chopping-edge educational analysis into excessive-affect improvements within the fields of foodtech, biosolutions, and planetary well being.
What’s This Fellowship About?
As a particular fellow, you’ll:
- Live in California for six months (Feb–June 2026)
- Work in chopping-edge labs just like the famend Siegel Lab
- Collaborate with consultants on the Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH)
- Get mentored by enterprise capital buyers from companies like The March Group
- Attend enterprise seminars, innovation workshops, and startup networking occasions
- Learn methods to commercialize your analysis — from due diligence to pitching a startup
You’ll additionally join with American fellows visiting Denmark in early 2026, earlier than becoming a member of them once more at UC Davis in July 2026 for a ultimate Innovation Colloquium.
What’s Covered?
Everything listed under is roofed below this fellowship:
- Full wage when you’re in California
- Paid roundtrip flights, housing, and native bills
- Visa help and relocation steering
- Professional improvement and educational occasions in each Denmark and California
- Mentorship from analysis and VC leaders.
Who Should Apply?
This program is open to postdoctoral researchers at any Danish college, together with worldwide students primarily based in Denmark. You’re eligible in case you:
- Have accomplished your Ph.D. inside the final 5 years
- Are actively researching in:
- Food science or know-how
- Biotechnology or biosolutions
- Agricultural science or engineering
- Nutrition or metabolic well being
- Environmental or planetary well being
- Computational/information science utilized to those fields.
No prior enterprise or startup expertise is required — however it’s a plus!
Apply: https://start.uni.dk/news-and-calendar/california-denmark-innovator-fellowship
Application Dates
- Application Deadline: May 18, 2025
- Travel to California: February–June 2026
- Final Showcase Event in Davis: July 2026.
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