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Two new calls from Independent Research Fund Denmark under the heading “Health”
You can now apply for thematic funds for "Strengthened clinical and independent research" (2024) and "Better framework for research in psychiatry" (2024) under the joint call “Health”. The fund will award DKK 201.9 million with the purpose of strengthening point of care clinical and independent research, and DKK 98.5 million to secure a better framework for research in psychiatry.
The funds have been allocated as part of the political agreements of 2 November 2023 on the distribution of the research reserve in 2024.
Application deadlines:
- Strengthened clinical and independent research: Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 12:00 (noon)
- Better framework for research in psychiatry: Tuesday 4 June 2024 at 12:00 (noon)
DKK 201.9 million for clinical research
Within the theme “Strengthened clinical and independent research”, researchers can apply for open competition funds from the pool of DKK 201.9 million for original ideas, which will support strengthened point of care clinical and independent research, including independent researcher-initiated trials, studies, etc., and in areas where there is limited commercial interest and/or opportunities for external funding (e.g. from research foundations), including health technology.
The thematic text is broad and as such, it is possible to apply for funding for research within and across many different research areas. The funds should, among other things, contribute to research on women’s diseases, inequality in health between men and women, chronic disease, citizen-centred primary healthcare services (including a focus on local and municipal healthcare services), the impact of environmental xenobiotics on fertility, and the relationship between environment and low birth rates.
With the DKK 98.5 million, which has been prioritised for psychiatric research (see below), it is the intention that funds will not be allocated for psychiatric research under the theme “Strengthened clinical and independent research”. Applications within clinical research on psychiatry are therefore referred to the theme “Better framework for research in psychiatry”.
DKK 98.5 million to support a better framework for research in psychiatry
With the theme “Better framework for research in psychiatry”, researchers can apply for funds in open competition for original ideas, which can contribute to securing a better framework for research in psychiatry from the collective pool of DKK 98.5 million.
The funds can, among other things, support research on prevention, causal relationships, early efforts, treatment, quality, connection and involvement of users and next of kin, poor mental well-being, loneliness, methods for reducing coercion, drug-free alternatives such as art, culture and nature, digital forms of treatment, and virtual reality.
Independent Research Fund Denmark emphasises that it is also possible to initiate clinical research within psychiatry in the context of this call.
All applications submitted for the theme “Better framework for research in psychiatry” must be uploaded in the application system www.e-grant.dk no later than Tuesday 4 June 2024 at 12:00 (noon). The fund recommends that applicants begin working on their application in e-grant well in advance of the deadline. The application forms in e-grant are expected to be available during week 13.
Project types
For both themes, it will be possible to apply for funds within the budgetary framework and requirements that apply to the well-known funding instruments at Independent Research Fund Denmark, DFF-Research Project1 (thematic) and DFF-Research Project2 (thematic).
An expert committee will be appointed for each of the two themes. Once these two committees have been appointed, the compositions will be published on the fund’s website.
About the fund’s thematic calls
Independent Research Fund Denmark will allocate funds within nine politically determined themes in 2024.
Independent Research Fund Denmark has decided to bring these nine themes together in four calls for proposals. The intention is to give applicants as much time as possible to complete their applications before the application deadline by publishing the calls as early as possible. The four calls, which bring together two or three themes each, have each been given a heading, which reflects the headings in the political agreement on the distribution of the research reserve. The expert committees, which will evaluate the applications for the individual themes, will only consider the theme’s title and description in the call, not the joint heading of the call for proposals.
The fund’s four thematic calls contain the following themes under the following headings:
- Call for proposals with the heading “Climate”
- Independent green research
- Arctic research – Climate change and sustainable arctic communities
- Call for proposals with the heading “Health”
- Strengthened clinical and independent research
- Better framework for research in psychiatry
- Call for proposals with the heading “Health and well-being”
- Research on elderly and ageing
- Research on loneliness
- Strengthened research on vulnerable children and youth and poor well-being
- Call for proposals with the heading “Well-being and learning”
- Learning and well-being in primary schools
- Stronger research environments for vocational education and work-related pedagogy and practice-based learning
A thematic call under Independent Research Fund Denmark is a political, strategic initiative within a specific theme, which is open to contributions from all scientific areas that can contribute knowledge to the theme. Thematic research functions as a supplement to independent research, which is based on the researchers’ own curiosity-driven initiatives.
Since 2018, Independent Research Fund Denmark has awarded grants within politically determined themes, financed through annual political agreements on the distribution of the research reserve.
Questions and further information
Email: DFF-opslag@ufm.dk
Phone: +45 72 31 82 00 (Mon-Fri between 9 am and 12 (noon))
March 14, 2024