DFF Green Research
Invests in cross-disciplinary teams studying the green transition with links across scientific fields.
DFF Green Research is one of the thematic calls run by Independent Research Fund Denmark, the independent national research council with a 2026 budget of 2.2 billion DKK. The call sits inside DFF’s broader portfolio of researcher-initiated and theme-led grants, but it is explicitly tied to the green transition. The award reaches up to DKK 5 million excluding overhead for as long as five years. Applicants need a PhD or equivalent, a co-PI from a different scientific discipline, and a project that spans at least two of the three ERC areas. The call also requires at least one PhD student or postdoc, and the prior success rate was 6% with 23 awards. The programme is aimed at cross-disciplinary basic research with a clear thematic fit and societal relevance. It is best suited to teams that can show genuine integration across fields, because the call is not structured for single-discipline work, and the international-collaboration requirement makes it stronger when the research plan already depends on external partners rather than treating collaboration as an afterthought.
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.