Grand Solutions

The Grand Solutions programme offers funding for Danish-led collaborative R&D projects (which can also be close-to-market) holding high disruptive potential and addressing politically prioritised societal challenges, thus having significant societal and/or economic value. Projects typically involve high scientific, technological, or innovation risk and aim to generate new knowledge, new technologies, or novel solutions with impact for Danish society. This includes creating value for Danish public and private companies and/or customers in the Danish society, for example, citizens, regions, and municipalities. The programme is organised by Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden), which aims to support the development of knowledge and technology, including advanced technologies, and thereby strengthen research based and innovative solutions that may contribute to Danish growth and employment.

Commercial Opportunities

As a private company participating in a Grand Solutions project, it is possible to obtain funding for early strategic research and innovation, technology, development, and/or validation and market introduction of high-potential products, services, or solutions. Participation in a Grand Solutions project can strengthen your company’s technological position, innovation capacity, and long term competitiveness, while supporting preparation for future commercialisation.

Innovation Fund Denmark paves the way for research institutions and public parties to publish research results, strength education and competencies, establish spin-offs, and develop new technologies and solutions for the benefit of society, in accordance with applicable state aid and collaboration rules.

Funding Available

Through the Grand Solutions funding programme, Innovation Fund Denmark offers grants of typically on the range of 5 to 40 million DKK per project, depending on the specific call. The Fund can contribute up to 75% of eligible project costs, with higher funding rates (up to 90%) for specific calls such as Quantum Technologies. Projects have a duration of 1 to 5 years.

Requirements

For a given project idea submitted as a Grand Solution, projects are expected to demonstrate:

Ambition: High risk research and innovation projects with the potential to develop new or significantly improved solutions to politically prioritised societal challenges, for example through the creation of new knowledge, new technologies, or substantially improved processes, systems, or products.
High value for Denmark: Projects must demonstrate clear societal or economic value creation for Danish public and private organisations or for users and customers in the Danish society.
Collaborative research and innovation: Projects are required to involve close and effective collaboration between independent research institutions, companies, and or public organisations. Collaboration must be structured in accordance with applicable state aid rules and typically includes shared responsibility, cost participation, and rights to publish research results.
Cross-disciplinary and value chain-based partnerships: Cross-disciplinarity and collaboration across different parts of the value chain, from foundational research to industrial research and experimental development, are encouraged. Buyers of project results and other core stakeholders, such as end-users or public/private investors willing to invest post-project, are welcome as active project partners, where they have a clear and well defined role in the project.

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Grand Solutions programmet tilbyder finansiering til danskledede samarbejdsprojekter inden for forskning og udvikling (F&U) eller markedsnære projekter, som typisk har et højt disruptivt potentiale samt betydelig samfundsmæssig og/eller økonomisk værdi. Dette handler om at skabe værdi for danske offentlige og private virksomheder og/eller aktører i det danske samfund, såsom borgere, regioner og kommuner. Programmet er organiseret af Innovationsfonden, som overordnet har til formål at støtte udviklingen af viden og teknologi, herunder avanceret teknologi, og derved styrke forskning og innovative løsninger, der kan bidrage til dansk vækst og beskæftigelse.

Forretningsmuligheder

Som en privat virksomhed, der deltager i et Grand Solutions-projekt, er det muligt at opnå finansiering til den tidlige strategiske forskning, udvikling eller markedsintroduktion af produkter med højt potentiale, hvilket dermed forbedrer jeres markedsposition og konkurrenceevne.

Innovationsfonden baner vejen for, at forskningsinstitutioner og offentlige parter kan offentliggøre forskningsresultater, øge uddannelse, etablere spin-offs og udvikle nye teknologier til gavn for samfundet.

Finansiering

Med Grand Solutions-finansieringsprogrammet tilbyder Innovationsfonden tilskud på typisk 5 til 40 millioner DKK til projekter, hvor fonden bidrager med op til 75 % af de støtteberettigede projektomkostninger, dog med højere finansieringssatser (op til 90 %) for specifikke indkaldelser, såsom kvanteteknologi. Projekterne har en varighed på 1 til 5 år.

Krav

For en given projektidé, der indsendes som en Grand Solution, skal ansøgninger demonstrere:

Ambition: Projekter med en høj risikoprofil, der kan udvikle nye eller forbedrede løsninger på politisk prioriterede samfundsudfordringer og dermed skabe vigtig værdi i hele Danmark. For eksempel ved at skabe ny viden eller forbedre processer, systemer og produkter.
Høj værdi for Danmark: Projekterne skal skabe samfundsmæssig eller økonomisk værdi i danske offentlige og private virksomheder eller for aktører i det danske samfund.
Samarbejdsforskning for offentlige og erhvervsløsninger: Tæt samarbejde mellem forskningsinstitutioner og erhvervslivet eller offentlige aktører, såsom kommuner og regioner, opmuntres.
Tværfaglige og værdikædebaserede partnerskaber: Tværfaglighed, der involverer forskellige dele af værdikæden, fra grundforskning til industriel forskning og eksperimentel udvikling, opmuntres. Købere af projektresultaterne og andre centrale interessenter, f.eks. slutbrugere eller offentlige/private investorer, der er villige til at investere efter projektet, er velkomne som aktive projektpartnere.