Close contact with its grant holders is part of the Danish National Research Foundation’s DNA. Annual follow-up meetings at the sites of each grant holder are a way of supporting the ambitious research centers through continual dialogue. At the meetings, the DNRF takes the opportunity to interview the center staff about how they view the broader issues that are directly consequential to the continued well-being of research and researchers. 

Themes emerging from these interviews are collected in the annual meeting publications. In this way, researchers’ perspectives become available to other stakeholders in the Danish research landscape who share the ambition of promoting Danish research and innovation. 

The DNRF funds Danish basic research in all academic fields with the potential of becoming world leading. This is achieved mainly through flexible, long-term funding in the form of Centers of Excellence led by top scientists. 

Close contact with its grant holders is part of the Danish National Research Foundation’s DNA. Annual follow-up meetings at the sites of each grant holder are a way of supporting the ambitious research centers through continual dialogue. At the meetings, the DNRF takes the opportunity to interview the center staff about how they view the broader issues that are directly consequential to the continued well-being of research and researchers. 

Themes emerging from these interviews are collected in the annual meeting publications. In this way, researchers’ perspectives become available to other stakeholders in the Danish research landscape who share the ambition of promoting Danish research and innovation. 

The DNRF funds Danish basic research in all academic fields with the potential of becoming world leading. This is achieved mainly through flexible, long-term funding in the form of Centers of Excellence led by top scientists.