Deadline: 10-Sep-2025
The DFF Humanities offers funding to established and new journals of high scientific value that strive for, or are distinguished by international reach.
The council takes into consideration that certain areas of humanities research are primarily targeted at a Danish readership, and that this might influence how internalisation is realised. Internationalisation may, for example, be achieved through international peer review processes, contributors, or by including editorial and advisory board members who are employed outside Denmark.
Funding Information
- You may apply for up to DKK 130,000 with an equal distribution over the three budget years to fund operating expenses for digital journals.
- You may apply for funding to cover editorial and production expenses. You cannot apply for funding to cover printing and shipping expenses.
- Grants for journals are awarded for a 3-year period as a deficit guarantee.
Eligibility Criteria
- As the applicant, you must be editor-in-chief and have associate professor/senior researcher level qualifications as a minimum.
- It is a further requirement that the editorial board or committee must be comprised of active researchers from at least two different academic institutions in Denmark.
Application Requirements
- When writing an application to the fund, you must pay special attention to ensuring that the application fulfils the objective of the funding instrument and that it meets the fund’s assessment criteria.
- Grant applications for new journals must account for related, pre-existing journals, and explain how the new journal differs from these.
- The application must be written in Danish or English.
- Please note that the application form must account for the journal’s scientific profile, current status in regard to impact, and objective (max 2,400 characters), the journal’s strategy for the grant period (max 2,400 characters including spaces), and the journal’s organisation and review process (max 2,400 characters including spaces).
- Please pay special attention to the fact that there are character and page limits for both the project description and the applicant’s CV.
- Appendices that must always be attached:
- B17: DFF | Humanities – Economy template
- Special budget template for journals.
- B20: Applicant’s CV
- As the applicant, your CV must not exceed 2 A4 pages (incl. figures, tables, etc.). The 2 A4 pages must not exceed 6,000 characters incl. spaces, figure captions, formulas, etc.
- B40: Participant’s CV and list of publications
- CV and list of publications (max 2 pages in total per person) for all named participants must be attached.
- B82: Digital accessibility
- Documentation for meeting the requirement of digital accessibility (e.g., providing the URL of the journal’s website).
- B83: Number of downloads
- Documentation for the number of downloads in a clear format stating if the data is per year, per quarter or per month.
- B84: Reviewers
- List of reviewers associated with the journal.
- Appendix that must be attached if it is relevant:
- B85: Advisory board
- If the journal has an advisory board, please attach a list of the members.
- B17: DFF | Humanities – Economy template
For more information, visit Independent Research Fund Denmark.
