DFF Green Research

DFF Green Research — Thematic

Supports cross-disciplinary green transition studies in Denmark through collaborative grants requiring mixed-discipline research teams.

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DFF Green Research 2026 is one of thirteen thematic calls within Independent Research Fund Denmark's 2026 portfolio, dedicated to supporting Denmark's green transition through cross-disciplinary fundamental research. The call closes on 2 June 2026 at 12:00 noon Danish time. Individual grants are capped at DKK 5,000,000 excluding institutional overhead for projects running up to five years, with project start dates required between 1 March 2027 and 1 December 2027. The historical success rate for the Green Research thematic instrument is 6% (23 grants awarded).

Two structural requirements set this call apart from all other DFF instruments. First, each application must include a lead applicant plus a named Co-PI from a different scientific discipline; solo submissions are not accepted. Second, the proposed research must span at least two of the three European Research Council domain areas — Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Engineering; and Social Sciences and Humanities — confirming the cross-disciplinary mandate. Additionally, at least one PhD student or postdoc must be included in the project team, and at least one non-Danish partner institution must be named to satisfy the mandatory international collaboration requirement.

Applications are submitted via Danish host institutions and evaluated by a dedicated thematic committee. Budget submissions follow the mandatory DFF template, with overhead excluded from the DKK 5M ceiling. DFF's annual budget of DKK 2.2 billion funds the full portfolio, with Green Research drawing from a dedicated thematic allocation. A 6% success rate means roughly 1 in 17 applications is funded; applicants are advised to prioritise clear green-transition relevance, genuinely interdisciplinary team composition, and strong societal impact argumentation to differentiate their proposals.