Requirements for medical research

The Foundation supports patient-oriented research into prevention, diagnostics and treatment, especially of cancer and diabetes. Patient-oriented research means research that can have an immediate effect on the treatment of patients, e.g. development and evaluation of instruments, diagnostic methods, treatment principles, treatment, and the analysis of collected data. It is a prerequisite for the award of funds that the grant will make an appreciable difference to the project for which it is sought.

Support is not given for the salary and associated expenses of a PhD student, basic research, expenses of travel, courses or congresses, study tours, publications, or overheads and expenses of administration. It is assumed that the award will be administrated by the finance office of the institution, in accordance with current regulations for such administration at any time. The costs of administration of the award must be covered by the institution where the research is carried out. If applications are made for operation, operational expenses must be specified.

By receiving a grant, recipients of support for scientific work are committed to preparing a brief progress report, not later than ten months after receiving the first instalment, and also when the scientific work is completed, giving an account of the progress of the work compared with the application that was submitted. The progress report must not take up more than a maximum of one A4 page (3,000 keystrokes), stating the results achieved and giving a list of publications, if any.

When a grant is awarded to the applicant, payment is conditional on the applicant submitting a short abstract of maximum 200 words to the Foundation, before the payment is made. It must be formulated so that it can be understood by non-professionals. The abstract may be published by the Vissing Foundation on its website and through other media to show which projects the Vissing Foundation is supporting. In addition, we ask the applicant to give the name of a contact person who can provide further information if required by the Foundation.

Repeat applications
If a project has already received support, but only for one year, and further support is needed, a repeat application may be submitted. The evaluation will be predominantly based on the progress report. The report should be as specific as possible. If the project is running late according to the time schedule, an explanation must be given, describing how the problems will be solved. The original project description from when the project received the first grant must be attached as an appendix. (See the guidelines for the application form.)

Publications
If scientific work supported by the Vissing Foundation is published in printed form, the Foundation must be informed using the contact form on the website. It must also be mentioned in the published material that the project was carried out with the support of the Foundation.