Danish Physiotherapists - Danish Physiotherapists's Study Scholarship

Danish Physiotherapists' study scholarship (suspended 2025-2027)

You received up to 400,000 DKK (about 53,000 EUR) per year for 1 years to undertake a PhD or a postdoctoral fellowship as a physiotherapist. A postdoctoral fellowship is a paid research position that you take up after completing your PhD. The funding covered tuition fees, books and teaching materials. In the last round of awards in December 2024, the fund awarded one PhD scholarship worth 450,000 DKK (approximately 60,000 EUR) and two postdoctoral fellowships, each worth 500,000 DKK (approximately 67,000 EUR). The money came from ‘Danske Fysioterapeuter’ (Danish Physiotherapists), the Danish Physiotherapists’ Association. It was paid from the association’s fund for research, training and practice development, which is financed by membership fees.

This part of the fund is suspended for 2025-2027. The association states that it will no longer be funding training programmes during these years. Whilst it will continue to provide funding for research and professional development, this is separate from the scholarship described here for doctoral and postdoctoral studies.

Eligibility

• What you study: As a physiotherapist, you’ve been working towards a PhD or a postdoctoral post.
• Where you study: At a Danish or foreign university.
• Membership: You were an ordinary member of Danske Fysioterapeuter.
• Licence: They held a Danish licence to practise as a physiotherapist.
• No repeat funding: You have not yet received a doctoral scholarship from this fund.
• Topic: Any topic relating to physiotherapy. No restrictions on subject matter.

How to apply

You applied via the online system efond.dk and attached a project description and a CV. The application deadline was 1 October. The applications were first checked for eligibility, then assessed by the Fund’s Executive Board, and finally approved by the association’s General Executive Board.

Our guide Scholarships in Denmark collects further funding options in Denmark for physiotherapists seeking support beyond this suspended scholarship.