Industriens Fond — Main Grant
Funds collaborative industrial innovation in Denmark by supporting consortia in sustainable production, cybersecurity, and new technologies.
Industriens Fond (the Industry Foundation of Denmark) is a Copenhagen-based independent foundation established in 1898, originally as a mortgage credit association for industrial properties, and transitioned to a philanthropic grant-making body in 2009 following the sale of its mortgage business to Nykredit. With an endowment of approximately DKK 5 billion and an annual grant distribution of approximately DKK 250 million, the foundation is one of Denmark's largest dedicated business-sector funders. Its four strategic missions are Sustainable Production, Cybersecurity, New Technologies (including AI and automation), and Internationalization; Entrepreneurship operates as a horizontal theme across all areas.
The foundation funds applied innovation projects whose results are freely shareable across the Danish business sector — it does not fund individual companies directly. Lead applicants must be consortia organized by universities, GTS institutes (Approved Technological Service institutes), industry associations, or trade organizations, with Danish SMEs and growth-stage companies as the primary intended beneficiaries. Sole-company applications are ineligible. All project results must be disseminated broadly; knowledge dissemination is a mandatory, contractual condition, not optional. The foundation operates both a continuous rolling intake through its digital portal (ifansoegningsportal.powerappsportals.com) and periodic themed challenge calls — such as 'Challenge: Danmarks sikkerhed' — posted on its focus-area pages.
Applications are submitted in Danish via the Power Apps portal using a standard application template (Word), budget template (Excel), and a theory-of-change attachment. The requested amount must be stated in Danish kroner. Applicants should review the foundation's impact principles and project guide before submitting, and should be aware that by submitting an application, the idea becomes available to the foundation regardless of outcome. Competitive positioning depends on demonstrating broad sector benefit, a credible dissemination strategy, and measurable lasting effects consistent with the foundation's strategic missions.
Applied innovation projects benefiting Danish industry across sustainable production, cybersecurity, new technologies, internationalization, and entrepreneurship, delivered by consortia whose results are freely shareable across the Danish business sector.
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