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Sapere Aude DFF-Starting Grant for DTU researchers

Three talented DTU researchers have received the Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Freja E. Klippmann

A total of 36 researchers have received Sapere Aude grants, which are awarded to young researchers who have performed top research in their field. With the grant, the research talents can develop and strengthen their research ideas and competencies as research leaders.

The grant recipients from DTU

Assistant Professor Anne Zebitz Eriksen, DTU Health Tech, receives approx. DKK 6 million for the project ’Development of whole Eye organoids, as a disease model of retinitis pigmentosa’.
Assistant Professor Luca Vannucci, DTU Electro, receives approx. DKK 6 million for the project ’Indistinguishable single-photon emission for quantum technologies from transition metal dichalcogenides (INSPEQT)’.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor Raphael Ferreira, DTU Health Tech, receives approx. DKK 6 million for the project ’Advancing Large-Scale Genome Engineering for Next-Generation Cell Therapy Screens’.

Read more about the Sapere Aude research grant at the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant

Sapere Aude means ”Dare to Know” and is given to talented, younger researchers ready to lead a research project at a high international level.
The grant allows the researchers to develop and strengthen their research ideas and start their own research groups. It will also promote mobility internationally and nationally between research environments.
The researcher can apply for a grant of a maximum of DKK 6.2 million (incl. 44% overhead) for a project of up to 4 years duration.

Contact

Anne Zebitz Eriksen Assistant Professor Department of Health Technology Phone: +45 45258134 annze@dtu.dk

Luca Vannucci Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering lucav@dtu.dk