About the fund
The Working Environment Research Fund is part of The Ministry of Employment, and The Danish Working Environment Authority administers the fund. The fund awards grants to research and development projects.
The Working Environment Research Fund calls for applications twice a year. The calls contains a description of prioritized research themes and topics, amount of funding available, and application deadlines. The calls are advertised on this website.
Research themes
The Fund supports research and development projects in order to gain new knowledge about one or more of the following themes:
- Relationships between work environment and health
- OSH activities at company level
- Implementation and dissemination of OSH interventions and initiatives.
The focus of this application round is research and development related to:
- Accidents at work
- Psychosocial working environment
- Ergonomic working environment
- Chemical working environment
- The consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for the working environment
- Health consequences of long working hours
Committees
The fund consists of three committees:
The Strategic Working Environment Committee (DSU)
The Scientific Working Environment Committee (DVU)
The Committee for Development projects and Reviews (UUU)
The Strategic Committee prepares a research strategy, which contains the prioritized research themes.
DVU and UUU assess the scientific quality of the applications based on established criteria. The criteria appear in the application guidelines, which are located on this website.
Based on a relevance assessment, the Strategic Committee recommends which of the scientifically qualified applications shall be awarded a grant. The minister of employment makes the final decision based on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee.
Contact
If you have questions about the Working Environment Research Fund, you may contact Steffen Hyldborg Jensen on phone number: +45 72 20 87 13 every Monday-Thursday between 10 am – 3 pm.
If you have questions related to budget, financial accounting or progress report you can call: +45 70 12 12 88. Press 4 and ask for Zane Evkovski.
You can also send an email to forskningsfonden@at.dk.
If you want to receive future calls for application of the fund, you can send an email to forskningsfonden@at.dk. Please write “Calls for application” in the subject line.