Deadline Date: March 01, 2026
The Carlsberg Foundation is offering grants for professional communication of topics within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to non-scientific target groups.
The focus areas of the opportunity are to support the communication of basic research and science to non-scientific audiences, support the communication of science in relation to current, socially relevant issues, contribute to public, fact-based debate that includes research and science, promote relationships and collaborations between professional communicators and researchers, increase public interest in, and curiosity about, science, scientific themes and current research, and strengthen awareness of, and confidence in, reliable scientific sources, partly with a view to countering disinformation with fact-based knowledge.
Applicants can seek funding for communication projects lasting up to three years with a budget between DKK 200,000 and DKK 3,000,000. Projects may be independently defined or part of a larger initiative, and can be co-financed with other sources. The project must communicate basic research, understood as curiosity-driven experimental or theoretical work undertaken to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts. Projects must involve collaboration with researchers who either directly contribute to the communication or quality-assure the finished production prior to launch, and the researchers involved must have at least a PhD degree and be affiliated with a Danish or foreign research institution.
Eligible costs include salary expenses and production costs for communication content, remuneration for researchers, costs for developing communication platforms, expenses for dissemination and ensuring free access on payment platforms, and costs associated with auditor’s certification of accounts.
Science Communication grants can be applied for by independent communicators, public institutions, private companies, or non-profit organizations in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. Applicants must have communication as their main occupation and documented professional experience in journalism, media production, or another form of communication. Private companies may apply for non-commercial projects with a non-profit aim.
For more information, visit Carlsberg Foundation.
