About
Innovationsfonden is a Danish government fund that invests in research and innovation to solve societal challenges and create value for Denmark. The fund supports research, knowledge-based innovation, and entrepreneurship, focusing on strengthening research areas and developing technology and innovative solutions. With 7.4 billion DKK in active investments and approximately 2,000 active projects, Innovationsfonden plays a central role in Denmark's green missions and innovation ecosystem, supporting partnerships in areas such as CO2 storage, Power-to-X, climate-friendly agriculture, and circular economy.
Funding Opportunities
BE READY Call 2026
The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY) aims to establish a European research and innovation ecosystem that is optimally prepared for future health crises caused by infectious diseases. This ecosystem will be capable of responding swiftly and efficiently to such crisis and will be fully integrated into the broader European institutional framework for health security. This call will support innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary and transnational research projects aiming for a better understanding of the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens, elucidating the pathophysiology induced by these pathogens, and developing innovative medical countermeasures. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, local/regional governments, research organisations and NGOs. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to the Innovation Fund Denmark. This is a multinational interdisciplinary research funding opportunity that requires international collaboration within the European Partnership framework.
Industrial Postdoc in the private and public sector
The Industrial Postdoc program is a business-oriented research project carried out in collaboration between a private company or public organization in Denmark, a postdoc researcher, and a research institution. The program aims to facilitate knowledge transfer and innovation by supporting postdoctoral researchers to work on projects with clear commercial or societal value. Innovation Fund Denmark provides co-financing for the company's expenses related to the postdoc's salary and travel activities, as well as the research institution's project-related expenses. The program supports projects both within four thematic focus areas (green research, life science and health, digitalization, and space technology) and outside these themes. The postdoc candidate must have obtained a PhD degree within the last 5 years and will work collaboratively with both company and university supervisors to advance research with practical applications.
Business PhD in the private and public sector
The Business PhD (Industrial PhD) program is a business-oriented research project carried out through collaboration between a private company or public organization in Denmark, a PhD student, and a university. Innovation Fund Denmark provides co-financing for the company's expenses related to the student's salary and travel activities, as well as the university's project expenses. The program aims to support both Industrial PhD projects within four thematic focus areas (Green research, Life science and health, Critical and digital technologies, and Space Technology) and projects outside these areas. The program lasts 3 years and requires the PhD student to be fully dedicated to the project and education, with the same salary conditions as university-employed PhD students. Both the company and university receive grants to support the project, with specific allocations for salary contributions, travel expenses, supervision, facilities, and course participation.
Innobooster, 4th pool 2026
Innobooster provides grants for Danish small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs who want to launch innovative, knowledge-based development projects. The purpose is to increase company competitiveness and create growth for Danish society. The program supports knowledge-based development projects that result in an innovative solution with potential to strengthen the company's growth and create value for Danish society. The solution can be a new product, a new service, process innovation, or other forms of innovation. The grant can co-finance salaries for existing and new employees' hours, expenses for knowledge suppliers, as well as equipment and materials. Innobooster operates on a rolling basis throughout the year with multiple funding pools, and applications compete within their respective period based on the application date.
Innoexplorer round 3 2026
Innoexplorer is for employees at public research and educational institutions and hospitals who have achieved research results with commercial potential and have a goal of establishing a company based on the results. The program invests in early stage entrepreneurial ideas so that their potential can be uncovered and matured to a stage where the idea is ready for the market or can attract additional public or private investment. The fact that the entrepreneurial idea is in an early stage means that it is still in a pre-commercial phase, but that it is based on knowledge and research results that are considered promising by the institution where the applicant is employed, and that are sufficiently mature to begin a process towards commercialization. An Innoexplorer project can neither finance further basic research nor the actual commercialization, such as test sales and sales or marketing activities. The idea can come from any field of expertise, and there does not have to be a possibility of patent or other specific idea protection. However, it is important that the idea is innovative in a way that creates new solutions in the form of new behavior and/or new products, services, processes or technologies.
Chips JU - Quantum Chips Enabling Technologies
This call aims at developing, integrating and pilot-line validating cross-platform enabling technologies that are essential to operate, scale and industrialise quantum systems, without however funding production of quantum chips themselves. Enabling technologies include the electronics, cryogenics, packaging and interfacing subsystems that prepare, protect, control, interconnect and read-out core quantum devices across platforms (e.g. superconducting, semiconducting, photonic, ion-trap, neutral-atom, diamond). Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call under the Chips Joint Undertaking program. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to Innovation Fund Denmark.
Chips JU - Quantum Chips Design
The objective of this call is to strengthen Europe's quantum chip design ecosystem by developing and integrating interoperable quantum design tools, libraries and workflows across multiple technology platforms. Such a project will support the creation of a coordinated, pan-European quantum design community and enable efficient design, simulation and verification of quantum chips through the European cloud-based semiconductor design platform. The call aims to lower entry barriers for academia, SMEs and industry, while accelerating innovation and cross-platform collaboration in quantum chip design. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to the Innovation Fund Denmark.
CHIPS JU IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Health Technologies
The IA Resilience call prioritises reinforcing Europe's strength by capitalising those areas where it can gain a competitive edge or take the lead in key strategic sectors. The IA Resilience – Health call aims to enhance healthcare delivery, support advanced scientific research, and contribute to shaping future healthcare strategies and policy. This call promotes the collaborative involvement of diverse stakeholders across the electronics and healthcare ecosystems, from technology providers and industry representatives to scientists, doctors, care givers, healthcare practitioners and patients, and aims to implement innovative healthcare solutions that emphasize enabling medical research and development, prevention, swift recovery, and personalized treatment. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants.
ECS IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Power Electronics
The objective of this call is to strengthen Europe's resilience and global competitiveness in power electronics by accelerating the development and industrialisation of next-generation power semiconductor technologies, including Wide Band Gap (WBG) devices and advanced integration and packaging solutions. Projects should deliver market-near innovations that improve energy efficiency, power density, thermal performance and cost competitiveness, while enabling secure and sovereign European value chains from materials to system level. The call promotes fast, iterative development cycles and the use of advanced methods and tools, including AI, to support rapid market entry and large-scale industrial deployment. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this international call through the Chips Joint Undertaking program. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations, with all Danish organisations directly involved in project activities eligible as applicants.
ECS IA Resilience 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on Photonics
The objective of this topic is to support the industrial scale-up of advanced photonic technologies. The call targets actions that accelerate the uptake of high-performance photonic platforms by bridging from research and prototyping to pre-commercial production. Projects funded under this call should aim to deliver industrial-grade demonstrators of advanced photonic technologies, representative of future market products, showing scalability, reliability, and integration-readiness at TRL 7-8. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call through the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) initiative.
Chips JU RIA Resilience 2026 – Research-Oriented Call on 6G Front-End Modules
This funding opportunity aims to strengthen Europe's position in future 6G communications by developing key microelectronic building blocks for next-generation radio front-end solutions. Projects should address the challenges of higher frequencies, increased system complexity and AI-native networks, paving the way for energy-efficient, scalable and competitive European 6G technologies. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects that are successful in this Chips Joint Undertaking call. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, research and technology organisations (RTOs), and research organisations directly involved in activities in the projects. Danish participants can receive maximum national funding of €650,000 per project when there are multiple Danish partners, with a maximum of €650,000 per Danish partner. If the coordinator is a Danish organisation, the maximum national funding increases to €1,300,000 per project, while maintaining the €650,000 maximum per Danish partner. The minimum funding amount is €50,000 per partner.
Innobooster, 3rd pool 2026
Innobooster provides grants for Danish small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs who want to launch innovative, knowledge-based development projects. The purpose is to increase company competitiveness and create growth for Danish society. The program supports knowledge-based development projects that result in innovative solutions with potential to strengthen company growth and create value for Danish society. Solutions can include new products, services, process innovations, or other forms of innovation. The grant can co-finance salaries for existing and new employees' hours, as well as expenses for knowledge suppliers, equipment, and materials. Projects must implement risky, challenge-driven and knowledge-based development activities that go beyond normal company operations. Innobooster does not support solutions that are ready for market launch or projects primarily involving sales, marketing, testing, documentation, or commercial production.
Innobooster, 2nd pool 2026
Innobooster provides grants for Danish small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurial companies who want to launch innovative, knowledge-based development projects. The purpose is to increase the company's competitiveness and create growth for Danish society. The grant can co-finance salaries for existing and new employees' hours and also expenses for knowledge suppliers as well as equipment and materials. Projects must result in an innovative solution that has the potential to strengthen the company's growth and create value for Danish society, which can include new products, services, or process innovations. Innobooster does not support projects where the solution is ready to be launched on the market, and where the remaining activities primarily relate to sales, marketing, testing and documentation, and commercial production. An Innobooster project can last a maximum of 24 months, with Innovation Fund Denmark co-investing a maximum of 35% of the company's relevant expenses for the project.
CHIPS JU Global IA 2026 – Open, Market-Oriented Call
This call addresses aspects of Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) value chain integration, which are important for the Chips JU programme and the whole European ECS sector, across applications and across capabilities, as well as cutting across disciplines. A Chips JU Innovation Action (IA) primarily consists of activities aiming at technology or method introduction, pilot lines, test beds, demonstrators, innovation pilots and zones of full-scale testing. These activities produce plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered, or improved products, processes, methods and tools or services. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish industrial consortium that may consist of large enterprises and SMEs but also including universities, institutes, and public organizations.
Chips JU Global RIA 2026 - Open, Research-Oriented Call
This call addresses aspects of Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) value chain integration, which are important for the Chips JU programme and the whole European ECS sector, across applications and across capabilities, as well as cutting across disciplines. A Chips JU Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution. For this purpose, they may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to Innovation Fund Denmark.
Chips JU - Lab to Fab Accelerators for Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration (Chips for Europe 2025)
The Chips for Europe Initiative supports technological capacity building and innovation in the Union. Research and innovation activities aim to reinforce the EU's strategic autonomy in electronic components and systems, supporting future needs of industries and the economy. The Lab-to-Fab Transfer Accelerator prepares and speeds the transfer of advanced packaging technologies from pilot lines to industrial deployment, expanding Europe's packaging ecosystem, boosting competitiveness, and reinforcing resilient supply chains. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish companies, research organisations, and RTOs. All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to Innovation Fund Denmark.
Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) Call 2026
The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAH&W) is launching its second external call for proposals titled 'Shaping the Future of Animal Health and Welfare'. The call is supported by national funding bodies across 19 countries and aims to promote international collaboration and high-impact research. Projects must focus on one of two main themes: animal welfare or prevention and control. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, local/regional governments, research organizations and NGOs. All Danish organizations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to Innovation Fund Denmark. This is a two-stage application process with pre-proposals due March 30, 2026 and invited full proposals due September 16, 2026.
Eurostars 3 Call 10
Eurostars is part of the EU Partnership Program for Innovative SME's, co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe. It is the largest international funding programme for SMEs wishing to collaborate with partners (large companies, universities, research organizations etc.) on R&D projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation. The consortium must have an SME as main applicant and at least two partners from two different Eurostars member states must participate. Danish participation is funded by Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD), which provides co-funding for collaborative R&D projects focused on critical and digital technologies, life science, health and welfare technology, and new technologies including ICT, materials, and technology-powered new solutions. Projects without a participating Danish SME will not be eligible for funding from IFD. The program supports international collaboration with funding rates varying between 25-90% of project costs depending on organization type.
Innobooster, 1st pool 2026
Innobooster provides grants for Danish small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurial companies who want to launch innovative, knowledge-based development projects. The purpose is to increase the company's competitiveness and create growth for Danish society. The program supports knowledge-based development projects that result in an innovative solution that has the potential to strengthen the company's growth and create value for Danish society. The solution can be a new product, a new service, process innovation, or other forms of innovation. Innovation Fund Denmark can co-invest a maximum of 35% of the company's relevant expenses for the project, with the remaining amount covered by the company itself. The grant can co-finance salaries for existing and new employees' hours and also expenses for knowledge suppliers as well as equipment and materials.
Brain Health Call 1 and 2 2026
Horizon Europe's Brain Health partnership is launching two calls for proposals in 2026. The purpose of the calls is to identify the factors that influence brain health throughout life, from prenatal stages to advanced age, as well as methods to monitor them, influence them, or both. EP BrainHealth Call 1 focuses on neurological, mental and sensory disorders, while EP BrainHealth Call 2 focuses on neurodegenerative disorders. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in these international calls. The calls target Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, local/regional governments, research organisations and NGOs who are directly involved in activities in the projects.
CHIPS JU IA 2026 – Market-Oriented Call on AI for Software-Defined Vehicles
This funding opportunity aims to significantly improve the efficiency of engineering software-defined vehicles through AI-assisted methods and tools for automating software and system development. Projects should address the growing complexity of electronic and cyber-physical systems and support engineers across design, development, verification, validation and certification, particularly in safety-critical and regulated domains. The call targets Danish universities, companies, industry organisations, RTOs and research organisations participating in international collaborative projects. Innovation Fund Denmark offers co-funding to Danish participants in projects successful in this call, with the goal of strengthening Europe's competitiveness in digital vehicle technologies and accelerating the adoption of AI-powered engineering solutions across sectors.
Grand Solutions 2026: Life science, health and welfare technology
Grand Solutions 2026 is a funding program that supports Denmark's strong knowledge and research position in life science, health, and welfare technology by translating it into innovations, products, and technologies. The program aims to benefit Danish citizens, the healthcare system, companies' net incomes, and Danish exports. Projects must create societal value and/or economic value in Danish public and private companies and/or from buyers in society. The application process consists of two phases: Phase 1 requires a letter of interest, and successful applicants are invited to Phase 2 to submit a full application. The program provides co-financing for expenses including salaries, equipment, and other project-related costs.
Grand Solutions 2026: Quantum Technologies
Grand Solutions 2026: Quantum Technologies is a funding program from Innovation Fund Denmark that invests in projects contributing to maintaining and further developing Danish positions of strength in quantum technologies. The program aims to pave the way for cooperation with strategically important international partners. Projects funded under this program must create societal value and/or economic value in Danish public and private companies, and should involve buyers or end users as active participants. The program operates through a two-phase application process, with letters of interest submitted in phase 1 and full applications in phase 2. Successful applicants will enter into investment agreements with Innovation Fund Denmark, which serves as an active partner throughout the project duration.
Grand Solutions 2026: Critical and digital technologies including space technologies, AI and nuclear power
Grand Solutions 2026 provides investments in critical and digital technologies, which are crucial for strengthening Denmark's and the EU's position in the international technological race for the benefit of national and European security and competitiveness as well as the functioning and cohesion of the welfare society. The program focuses on critical and digital technologies including space technologies, AI, and nuclear power. The application process consists of two phases: Phase 1 requires a letter of interest outlining the project, and Phase 2 involves a detailed full application. Projects must create societal value and/or economic value in Danish public and private companies and/or from buyers in society, such as citizens, the state, regions, and municipalities. Innovation Fund Denmark acts as an active partner throughout the project duration, with appointed investment officers providing ongoing support and engagement.
Grand Solutions 2026: Green research, technology and innovation
Grand Solutions 2026: Green research, technology and innovation provides investments in green research, technology and innovation that contribute to creating knowledge and technology with effect on climate, climatic resilience, nature, biodiversity, environment including the aquatic environment, and contribute to growth and employment. A portion of the budget is specifically earmarked for projects within research in energy systems. The program supports projects that create societal value and/or economic value in Danish public and private companies and/or from buyers in society. Projects should range from 1 to 5 years in duration and focus on developing solutions with measurable impact. The application process consists of two phases: an initial letter of interest (phase 1) followed by a full application for selected projects (phase 2). Innovation Fund Denmark acts as an active partner throughout the project duration, appointing investment officers to support project execution and monitor progress.
Grand Solutions 2026: Biotechnology and biosolutions
Grand Solutions 2026: Biotechnology and biosolutions is a funding program from Innovation Fund Denmark that invests in biotechnology and biosolutions with the aim of strengthening research, technological development and innovation. The program supports projects that can contribute to the development of sustainable production and new solutions through the understanding, manipulation and use of living organisms. Projects should create societal value and/or economic value in Danish public and private companies and/or from buyers in society. The program uses a two-phase application process, starting with a letter of interest in phase 1, followed by a full application in phase 2 for invited applicants. Innovation Fund Denmark acts as an active partner throughout the project duration, appointing investment officers to engage proactively with funded projects.
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- 26
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