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Programmes

Innovation Fund Denmark accelerates Danish research and innovation for solutions to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of Danish society. The fund provides funding through seven programmes that have different purposes and are aimed at different applicant groups.  

  • For startups and maturing research ideas, entrepreneurship and business startups: Innofounder and Innoboster  
     

  • For an innovation boost of established companies - with a special focus on SMEs: Innobooster  
     

  • Partnerships between researchers and companies/regions/hospitals/municipalities etc.: Grand Solutions, International Collaborations, Industrial Researcher and Innomissions  

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Innomissions

Mission-driven green research and innovation partnerships that must contribute significantly to the green transformation of society and the development of sustainable climate technologies for the benefit of Denmark and the rest of the world.
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Grand Solutions

Research collaborations with knowledge institutions and companies - based on specific societal challenges
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International collaborations

You are seeking research collaborators on an international level that create innovative solutions
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Global Research Collaborations

Special program focusing on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)' contributions to future solutions to green challenges
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Innobooster

Are you a startup or SME in need of new knowledge to realize your business potential?
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Innoexplorer

Have you created a research result with commercial or societal potential?
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Industrial Researcher

For you who have an idea for a project like Industrial PhD or Industrial Postdoc that creates commercial value.
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Innofounder

Do you have a great business idea and come from a higher education institution
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Options for applying

Current listings and application deadlines 

BE READY Call 2026 International collaborations Ikke aktiv /en/node/2532 2075
Innoexplorer round 3 2026 Innoexplorer /en/node/2539 1188
Innobooster, 3rd pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2542 1175
Innobooster, 4th pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2543 1175
Chips JU RIA Resilience 2026 – Research-Oriented Call on 6G Front-End Modules International collaborations /en/node/2555 2075
ECS IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Photonics International collaborations /en/node/2557 2075
ECS IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Power Electronics International collaborations /en/node/2558 2075
CHIPS JU IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Health Technologies International collaborations /en/node/2559 2075
Chips JU - Quantum Chips Design International collaborations /en/node/2561 2075
Chips JU - Quantum Chips Enabling Technologies International collaborations /en/node/2562 2075
Preannouncement: Eurostars 3 Call 11 International collaborations /en/node/2581 2075
Strengthening and Accelerating Impact in the Innovation Partnerships Innomissions /en/node/2608 1473
Strategic Research and Innovation Centres in Defence Technology and Security Outside the program /en/node/2611 2625
Grand Solutions 2026: Defense Technology and Innovation Grand Solutions /en/node/2612 1173
Global Research Collaborations Global Research Collaborations /en/node/2615 1753
Quantum Test and Demonstration Facilities (Q-TEST) Outside the program /en/node/2618 2625
Pool 5: Accelerating Systemic Impact across the Danish CCUS Value Chain Innomissions /en/node/2623 1473
Pre-announcement - Raw Materials Partnership Call 2026 International collaborations Ikke aktiv /en/node/2637 int-s 2075
Industrial Postdoc in the public sector - autumn 2026 Industrial Postdoc /en/node/2641 1209
Industrial Postdoc in the private sector - autumn 2026 Industrial Postdoc /en/node/2642 1209
Industrial Ph.D. in the public sector - autumn 2026 Industrial PhD /en/node/2643 1210
Ph.D. in the private sector - autumn 2026 Industrial PhD /en/node/2644 1210
Industrial PhD: Greenland and the Faroe Islands (public sector) - autumn 2026 Industrial PhD /en/node/2645 1210
Industrial PhD: Greenland and the Faroe Islands (private sector) - autumn 2026 Industrial PhD /en/node/2646 1210
Food and Bio Cluster’s veje mod klimaneutralitet: Fremtidssikring af bæredygtige landbrugs- og fødevaresystemer frem mod 2050 Innomissions /da/node/2648 1473
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