Sapere Aude
The Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF) has launched the research career programme Sapere Aude – a talent development programme for the elite.
The Danish Council for Independent Research launches the research career programme Sapere Aude – Dare to know.
Danish research is constantly developing and of the highest international quality. This development must be maintained, and to keep hold of the most talented young researchers, new carrier paths must be created to recruit the best researchers. This is why the research training programme Sapere Aude – Dare to know – has been developed.
The goal is to develop the abilities of the best research talents, nationally and internationally. The programme is for both Danish researchers and researchers from abroad.
What does Sapere Aude mean?
Sapere (stress on the first syllable) means to think, understand, reflect. Independent use of reason is emphasised. A direct translation might be ‘dare to think for yourself’ or ‘dare the free thought’. This is what Kant wants to say in the text passage which made the words famous as a slogan for the Age of Enlightenment: /Sapere aude!/ Habe Mut dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!/ ist also der Wahlspruch der Aufklärung. (1783).
