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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Missionbooster

Special program focusing on supporting the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to future solutions to the 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 

European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (Ep PerMed) call 2026 International collaborations /en/node/2489 2075
International søgemulighed for forskning i udnyttelse af disruptive teknologier til at tackle globale udfordringer (Canada + NordForsk) 2026 Internationale samarbejder Ikke aktiv 2075
Pre-announcement - Business PhD in the private and public sector autumn 2026 Industrial PhD Ikke aktiv /en/node/2511 1210
Pre-announcement - Industrial Postdoc in the private and public sector - autumn 2026 Industrial Postdoc Ikke aktiv /en/node/2512 1209
Eurostars 3 Call 10 International collaborations /en/node/2516 2075
Preannouncement: Brain Health Call 1 and 2 2026 International collaborations /en/node/2524 int-s 2075
Grand solutions 2026: Biotechnology and biosolutions Grand Solutions /en/node/2525 1173
Grand solutions 2026: Green research, technology and innovation Grand Solutions /en/node/2526 1173
Grand solutions 2026: Critical and digital technologies including space technologies, AI and nuclear power Grand Solutions /en/node/2527 1173
Grand solutions 2026: Quantum Technologies Grand Solutions /en/node/2528 1173
Grand solutions 2026: Life science, health and welfare technology Grand Solutions /en/node/2529 1173
Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) Call 2026 International collaborations /en/node/2531 int-s 2075
BE READY Call 2026 International collaborations Ikke aktiv /en/node/2532 2075
Innoexplorer runde 2 2026 Innoexplorer Ikke aktiv /da/node/2538 1188
Innoexplorer round 3 2026 Innoexplorer Ikke aktiv /en/node/2539 1188
Innobooster, 1st pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2540 1175
Innobooster, 2nd pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2541 1175
Innobooster, 3rd pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2542 1175
Innobooster, 4th pool 2026 Innobooster /en/node/2543 1175
Innofounder Innofounder /en/node/2547 1552
Industrial Ph.D. in the private sector – spring 2026 Industrial PhD /en/node/2549 1210
Industrial Postdoc in the private sector – spring 2026 Industrial Postdoc /en/node/2550 1209
Chips JU Global RIA 2026 - Open, Research-Oriented Call International collaborations /en/node/2554 2075
Chips JU RIA Resilience 2026 – Research-Oriented Call on 6G Front-End Modules International collaborations /en/node/2555 2075
CHIPS JU IA 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on AI for Software-Defined Vehicles International collaborations /en/node/2556 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 Global IA 2026 – Open, Market-Oriented Call International collaborations /en/node/2560 2075
Pre-announcement: Chips JU - Quantum Chips Design International collaborations /en/node/2561 2075
Pre-announcement: Chips JU - Quantum Chips Enabling Technologies International collaborations /en/node/2562 2075
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