Arctic Research: Climate Change and Sustainable Arctic Communities (Denmark)

DFF strives to strengthen and further develop the internationalisation of Danish research and therefore encourages applicants to submit applications encompassing international activities. The objective is to provide the best researchers and research groups with the opportunity to coordinate and develop their international research collaboration, and to offer talented researchers the opportunity to spend a period of their research career abroad.

The overall theme encompasses, among other things, knowledge about the challenges and solutions in regard to physicochemical conditions, climate feedback mechanisms, ecosystems and the living conditions of humans and animals. The effort can also contribute to increased knowledge about social and cultural changes and conditions in the Arctic communities as a result of, among other things, climate change, historical circumstances, etc.

To ensure research capacity building, DFF requires that all applications include at least one PhD student or postdoctoral candidate. PhD students and/or postdoctoral scholarships in the research project can, for instance, be fully or partially associated with research institutions in the Arctic.

Funding Information

• Budget: up to DKK 5,000,000 excluding overhead/administration expenses.
• As a result of the agreement on the research reserve, DKK 46.5 million has been allocated to DFF with the purpose of strengthening Arctic research.
• Duration: The duration of the research project is up to five years.

Eligibility Criteria

• The project must be lead by an applicant and a named Co-PI. The applicant is main responsible towards the fund in the event of a grant.
• As applicant as well as Co-PI you must have obtained a PhD degree (or similar qualifications, e.g. positive assistant professorship evaluation) at the time of the application deadline.
• Both the applicant’s and the Co-PI’s previous results will be assessed in relation to their career path and in relation to the scientific challenges of the project applied for.
• The application must be initiated and submitted in e-grant by the researcher who is main responsible for the project and responsible to the fund in relation to the submitted project.
• The applicant and the Co-PI must enter into a relevant and binding collaboration on a joint research project.

Application Requirements

• The entire application must be written in English, including the project description and the appendix, CVs as well as lists of publications.
• The following theme-specific requirements apply to your application:
  • Your application must include at least one PhD student or postdoctoral candidate. This requirement is intended to support capacity building of research.
  • Your application must include collaboration between researchers from at least two different research institutions.
  • In the appendix to your project description, you must account for how the research project includes general capacity building by means of involvement of the local population and/or Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic. This requirement is intended to support general capacity building and involvement of the local population and Indigenous Peoples.
  • In the appendix to your project description, you must also account for the ways in which your application addresses the call’s theme of strengthening Arctic research, and how your application meets the theme-specific requirements.

For more information, visit Independent Research Fund Denmark.