When submitting an application to Independent Research Fund Denmark, you must comply with a set of guidelines and conditions. The specific guidelines and conditions you are required to adhere to are outlined in the funding instrument and the corresponding call for proposals that you wish to apply for.
DFF aims to advance and strengthen Danish research. The fund sees diversity as a resource, and encourages all candidates to apply, regardless of their age, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity, or political persuasion.
DFF strives to support gender balance at research institutions and would like to see this taken into consideration in applications to DFF. For this reason, DFF encourages applications that, to the extent possible, demonstrate an approach to scientific practice that can act as a driving force for professional diversity and equal opportunities for researchers regardless of gender. For applications seeking support for research groups or similar collaborative projects, the applicant must account for their considerations in relation to the gender composition of the research group or collaborative team in the application form. Such an account is a requirement, but the actual gender composition of the group will not factor into the assessment of the application. The required account has been introduced to ensure the applicant’s focus on contributing to equal opportunities for everyone in research, regardless of gender.
DFF has no requirements as to applicants’ citizenship, the location of research institutions, or the specific geographic location where the research activities in question will be carried out (although stays abroad are required for some instruments). The fund does not require employment prior to applying for or obtaining a grant (except for the Inge Lehmann Programme).
DFF finds that it is important to strengthen the societal effect of research by ensuring unrestricted and cost-free digital access to all the latest research results in scientific articles. For this reason, Independent Research Fund Denmark, the Danish National Research Foundation, and Innovation Fund Denmark adopted the “Open Access Policy for public research funds and foundations” of April 2019, which requires parallel publishing of published scientific articles resulting from full or partial funding from these
foundations. However, the fund does not provide financial support for open access publishing as the fund allows for a quarantine period of 6-12 months. Read more about the fund’s Open Access policy here.
DFF expects grant recipients to follow the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.
DFF does not grant applicants who, in the 2 years prior to the application deadline, have been found guilty of research misconduct by the Danish Committee on Research Misconduct, cf. Act 383 of 26 April 2017 on research misconduct, etc.
DFF expects that applications to the fund comply with the administrating institution’s implementation of the recommendations by the Committee on Guidelines for International Research and Innovation Collaboration (URIS) (in Danish). The administrating institution’s management confirms this by signing the budget confirmation, which must be attached to the application.
Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, DFF does not accept applications from applicants or with participants employed at Russian or Belarussian institutions, or applications encompassing research activities in Russia or Belarus as of 22 March 2022.
If you use artificial intelligence (AI), DFF expects this to happen in a responsible manner and the text field is aimed at ensuring transparency about this. The information is not available to the assessors. Furthermore, DFF refers to relevant guidelines within the area, e.g. the European Commission’s guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research.
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