Research

The Agency administers the funding that is earmarked for independent research and for thematically defined and politically prioritised research areas.

The establishment of a healthy environment for Danish research includes, among other things, creating a framework for researcher mobility. This covers efforts to attract and retain international researchers and knowledge workers and efforts to strengthen young researchers' career options in Danish research environments. There are also many activities for promoting research communication between the scientific community and society in general.

To create a basis for the strategic research programmes or other focused research initiatives, the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation prepares analyses of the research needs of specific research areas. The analyses identify technologies and new scientific advances that are expected to have a powerful influence on our competitiveness, prosperity and welfare.

The Danish Government's Globalisation Strategy contains a number of initiatives to establish a good environment for Danish research. The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is involved in implementing the Globalisation Strategy's targets for Danish research, working with a wide variety of initiatives in the area.

Finally, the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation allocates funding for research training, including Industrial PhDs. These allocations emphasise, among other things, the quality development and internationalisation of Danish research training programmes.