Apply For a Grand Solutions Grant

Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) invests in ambitious and targeted strategic research and innovation projects with the potential to create valuable and new knowledge, growth and employment in Denmark. The project duration is typically 2-5 years.

Grand Solutions is aimed at collaborative projects based on excellent research focused on solutions of considerable societal value. Based on societal and business challenges, opportunities and innovation needs, Innovation Fund Denmark wants to enable cross-disciplinary investments in knowledge institutions and companies – private as well as public.

The Grant Solutions programme is divided into three options: 

Open call

• IFD invest in projects with great potential for value creation within research and innovation regardless professional disciplines and themes as well as the different stages of the value chain.
• IFD favours projects with focus on increased private or public productivity within e.g. administrative, service and financial disciplines and is positive toward new, disruptive or unconventional business models that will ensure the value creation of the project.
• The assessment criteria are: Excellence, value creation, efficiency of project execution and implementation of results. 
• Read more about the programme here 

Research and Innovation Solutions Aiding the Green Transition

• IFD co-finances green projects that are able to document state-of the-art knowledge and a convincing set-up to create large value for society and high impact on the green transition. IFD invests in projects at all stages of the research and innovation value chain. 
• The research must strengthen the efforts across the entire value chain from research to development.
• Focus is on long-term prioritisation and coherent initiatives to solve the climatic, nature environmental challenges.
• Read more about the programme here

The Construction and Building Sector's Transition to Circular Resource Economy

• The aim is to promote the green transition in Denmark.
•  Projects shall contribute with ambitious answers on how to significantly reduce resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions within the frames of a circular resource economy.
• Read more about the programme here

Deadlines 

• Open call: 18 August 2020
• Research and Innovation Solutions Aiding the Green Transition: 18 August 2020
• The Construction and Building Sector's Transition to Circular Resource Economy: 18 August 2020