Strengthened Research in Specialized Social Services (Denmark)

It is essential that the research is oriented towards practice, for instance through collaboration with practice before, during and after the conduction of the research, including making research results easily accessible to relevant types of educations, workplaces and associations, etc. Furthermore, the research must include relevant parties, including collaboration between different research institutions, educational institutions, the practice field and/or the managing and supervisory authorities.

Funding Information

• Up to DKK 8,000,000 excluding overhead/administration expenses.
• 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.
• DFF furthermore requires that the applicant and the Co-PI are from different research environments and/or research institutions.

Application Requirements

• The application must contain a project description and an appendix that describe the research project altogether.
• The project description must not exceed 6 A4 pages and must not exceed a total of 18,000 characters (incl. spaces, figures, figure captions, tables, etc.).
• The appendix must not exceed 1 A4 page and must not exceed a total of 3,000 characters (incl. spaces, figures, figure captions, tables, etc.). The appendix must clearly account for how the project addresses the applied-for theme, including the expected, societal impact of the project. It is allowed to address thematic relevance and theme-specific requirements in the project description as well.

For more information, visit Independent Research Fund Denmark.