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Research Activities

Within the framework of Danish development assisstance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark supports research concerning developing countries.

The objective of major research projects is to generate new problem-orientated knowledge of relevance to the needs of developing countries. The projects are to foster interdisciplinary research cooperation and innovative alliances between research environments, especially in the form of partnerships between Danish researchers and researchers from developing countries.

Grants are only awarded for research projects in developing countries under the GNI threshold set by the World Bank (USD 2.470 per capita 2007) and are primarily awarded towards developmental research in Danish programme countries.

The following types of grants can be applied for in 2010:
1) Larger strategic research projects ( > DKK 5 million) with substantive elements of capacity building and with focus on national priorities and ownership, primarily within the themes of the year.
2) Individual PhD and postdoc applications. 

The management of the application procedure as well as the management of the granted projects are carried out by DFC.

In 2008 Denmark initiated pilot research projects in Tanzania and Vietnam. The overall aim of the pilot activities is to strengthen the research capacity in the two countries.

Download the list of the approved projects in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and the full list of ongoing FFU research projects including information on DFC file no.

Deadlines in 2010