Explore the particularities of the Danish funding landscape
Compared to other countries, the Danish funding landscape is rather complex. In addition to the public funding bodies, there is a host of private funders supporting everything from the solution of specific, top-down issues to entirely bottom-up, basic-research. Some have immense funds, others only distribute minor grants for travel expenses, research stays etc. Explore the most important funding bodies below:
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With an annual budget over 1 billion DKK, the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF), is the largest public fund for basic and independent research in Denmark. It funds basic research activities within all scientific areas. As their calls are entirely bottom-up and with no imposed restrictions on subject, method and field, their grants are highly competitive. Usually, granted proposals amount to 2-4 mio. DKK, excluding overhead.
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The Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) supports large, basic research initiatives within all scientific disciplines. The main instrument of DNRF is the Center of Excellence grant. It supports the establishment of research centers with an emphasis on international collaboration, interdisciplinary research and path-breaking ideas with 30-80 mio. DKK. The Centers of Excellence are led by an internationally renowned professor in collaborator with other strong research leaders.
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The Innovation Fund Denmark supports research oriented towards “applicability”, that is, research aimed at inventing specific solutions to practical problems. Typically, group leaders from universities collaborate with a company.
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The Novo Nordisk Foundation is by far the biggest private funder in Denmark. Each year they grant more than 5 billion DKK for health research, sustainability, and the life science ecosystem.
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The Lundbeck Foundation has a budget over almost 1 billion DKK a year. They support biomedical research with a strong emphasis on neuroscience and brain-related research.
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As implied by its name, the Danish Cancer Society funds cancer research of a wide variety. The Danish Cancer Society thus funds both basic medical research, clinical trials, and projects related to the psychological and societal aspects of cancer treatment.
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Explore the departments at The Faculty of Health and their affiliated researchers
The Faculty of Health Sciences has eight departments all sharing the vision to help promote health and to develop healthcare in a broad sense. Within the framework of this common vision, researchers at the faculty adopt a wide variety of methods and approaches: from clinical trials to phenomenological analysis, from brain research to public school interventions. Explore the different departments below: