5. Third parties
Other relevant parties – third parties – capable of professionally supporting the project may be attached to the project. Third parties can be based in any country.
Each third party must designate a third-party supervisor to the project. The third-party supervisor is to assist in supervising the Industrial PhD student.
Third party eligible for subsidy:
Subsidy may be provided for only one third party. To be eligible for subsidy, the third party must be a university or research institution within the public sector, and must not be part of the host university. DASTI provides a subsidy of up to DKK 45,000 for supervising an Industrial PhD candidate.
Third parties not eligible for subsidy:
Third parties from both the private and public sector may be attached to the project. However, private sector third parties cannot receive subsidy from DASTI. Public sector third parties which are not universities, or whose primary purposes do not include research, also cannot receive subsidy from DASTI.




