Greenlandic companies can now apply for investment via international calls

In the future, it will be possible to include Greenlandic organizations - including companies - in projects seeking investment through the Innovation Fund's International Collaborations program. This is based on demand from both Greenlandic, Danish and international actors. Innovation Fund Denmark is working to open up the same to Faroese organizations.

Innovation Fund Denmark's International Collaborations program finances Danish partners in international projects. Now Innovation Fund Denmark is opening up the possibility for Greenlandic actors to also be partners in projects where at least one Danish organization participates. Until now, only Danish organizations and Greenlandic universities have been able to obtain funding through the program.

The change will give Danish applicants better opportunities to include relevant Greenlandic competencies in their projects. At the same time, it can contribute to attracting more international funding, creating growth and strengthening research and innovation collaboration across Denmark and Greenland.

The new opportunities for involving Greenlandic industry come into effect in connection with the current international search opportunity RAMP – Raw Materials , which is considered particularly relevant.

The expansion is based on specific demand from the RAMP partnership and Greenlandic industry and in dialogue with the Greenland Self-Government, the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, GEUS and the EU Commission, where there is a shared desire to strengthen Greenlandic participation in international research and innovation collaborations - including EU partnerships.

Innovation Fund Denmark is currently exploring opportunities and interest in expanding the scheme so that Faroese organizations can also be co-financed in the International Collaborations program.

Other opportunities for co-financing for partners from the Kingdom of Denmark

Funding for Greenlandic and Faroese organizations is already possible under the Grand Solutions program and in the mission-driven partnerships, where Greenlandic and Faroese actors are treated on an equal footing with foreign actors, as well as in the Industrial Researcher program, where funding for Greenlandic and Faroese organizations is implemented in targeted calls.