Public foundations in Denmark

Danida - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Danida supports exchange in equal partnerships between educational institutions and partners in developing countries working for sustainable development through education. For example through digital co-learning, exchanges, internships, twinning schools or twinning.

Danish Cancer Society (kræftens bekæmpelse)

The Danish Cancer Society supports free and strategic research funding. The free funds are not allocated to special research areas, and can be applied for broadly. The strategic funds, including the Knæk Cancer funds, is prioritised for research in selected areas to promote these areas.

Danish Energy Agency EUDP

The Danish Energy Agency supports new technology in the energy area that can contribute to meeting Denmark's energy and climate objectives.

Danish National Research Foundation

The objective of the DNRF Chair grant is to support and boost the start-up research activities of potential or newly recruited outstanding tenured professors at Danish universities right from the beginning of their employment. The foundation welcomes applications within and/or across all research areas: Humanities, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Technical Sciences.

Danish Translational Hub (DTH)

Danish Translational Hub (DTH) works for more interdisciplinary research that has greater impact on patients, the healthcare system and socio-economics. It is possible to apply for discovery funds to get a interdisciplinary and translational project going. This involves research from OUH, RSD Psychiatry, all SDUs faculties and Life Science industry partners.

Grønt Udviklings- og DemonstrationsProgram (GUDP)

GUDP supports development projects within the entire food sector in Denmark across the value chain. The projects must contribute with solutions to the environmental and climate challenges facing society in a business-oriented way, and all projects must have effects on both green and economic parameters.

Health Insurance DENMARK

"Denmark" supports projects within health-related research, knowledge dissemination and preventive measures that can potentially benefit the Danish society. There are three application categories: Health research, which includes all research projects, as well as health prevention and health information, both of which include all non-research projects.

Helsefonden

Helsefonden supports research projects within health care, sociomedical and social activities that prevents health inequalities.

OUH's og Rigshospitalet’s joint funds for research

The two Danish hospitals supports joint research within those specialties where they already have or are expected to have a close collaboration on patients.

SDU Climate Cluster

Fast-track projects last up to a year and can achieve funding of up to 100,000 DKK. The fast track instruments must be used for support of free research ideas and hypothesis and for establishment of pilot projects within interdisciplinary climate research, which can form basis for large external research applications later on.

The Independent Research Fund Denmark DFF

The Independent Research Fund Denmark gives researchers the opportunity to test their ideas. It supports independent research in all parts of the scientific world for the benefit of society as a whole.