Deadline: 31-Aug-23
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) has announced the Project Grants for Science Communication and Debate using Novel Communication Platforms to strengthen scientific and technical aspirations, knowledge and competencies among children, young people and the general population in Denmark.
Purpose
- The purpose of this call is to contribute to engagement and interest in natural science and technology and to facilitate communication and qualified public debates on topics within natural and technological science including health and sustainability.
Project Field
- Applicants may apply for grants for projects that in creative and engaging ways communicate topics and facilitate fact-based debate on challenges relevant to society within natural sciences research, technology development, sustainability, climate, energy production and health.
- Projects on these topics may involve all types of media, instruments and channels in order to:
- contribute to inspire and engage broad target groups;
- raise awareness of challenges relevant to society;
- facilitate public, fact-based and critical debate; and
- increase the dissemination of reliable sources of natural science knowledge and counteract misinformation.
- For example, applicants may apply for grants for science journalism, television and documentary productions, podcasts, animated videos, communication through social media, lectures, makerlabs, seminars, workshop activities, theatre, festivals, or debate events.
- The projects’ target group(s) must be within the Danish Realm and can be children, young people and/or the general population. The project activities must primarily be made available to the target group(s) outside the education system.
- It is important to demonstrate that the chosen media is in accordance with the purpose and target group(s) of the project, and that the project is focused and coherent as well as based on selected, relevant activities and instruments.
- Applications on renewal of existing projects should include results from and evaluation of the preceding project.
Funding Information and Duration
- A total of up to DKK 30 million is available for grants between DKK 100,000–6,000,000 for projects of up to 6 years’ duration.
- It is possible to apply for funding for development projects and follow-up research for the development project applied for. This call does not include sheer research projects.
- The project may be an independent, delimited project or a part of a larger project that is also supported by other partners.
Types of Expenses
- Applicants may apply for funding for the following types of expenses in the project:
- Salaries for employees or affiliated personnel at all staffing levels, including project management;
- Salaries for substitutes or paying the salaries of replacements for early-childhood educators and teachers so that they can develop and/or participate in projects;
- Researchers in permanent positions at universities and university colleges may apply for funds to pay for substitutes for the time they use in a development project if the project extends beyond the description of their duties in their position (such as communicating natural science research for target groups outside the university or university college);
- Operating expenses: direct expenses for developing, implementing and operating projects, including materials and equipment;
- Travel expenses in relation to the project, e.g. conference and workshop participation and presentation of results derived from the project;
- Evaluation in connection with development projects;
- external auditing costs if the administering institution is not subject to public audit. Institutions that are not subject to audit by public authorities must carry out external audit, and the expenses for this must be included in the budget; and
- Administrative support (up to 5% of the applicant’s overall budget and included in it) to cover administrative expenses directly related to the project being based at an administering institution.
Eligibility Criteria
- During the grant period, the applicant must be a leader at or responsible for a project at the administrating institution for the project applied for. The administrating institution for the project must be a public institution and/or nonprofit organisation, including educational institutions, municipalities, research institutions, museums or associations in the Danish Realm.
- Private companies and producers may apply for grants for noncommercial projects with nonprofit aims. In this case, the company will be the administrating institution for the project.
- The Foundation has three calls for applications in 2023 within natural science education and outreach: Project grants for science communication and debate using novel communication platforms, Project grants for natural science education and informal learning environments and Grants for vocational education and training. A person may only be the main applicant for one application in these calls. Co-applicants are not subject to similar rules. Applications, which fall within the calls for Project grants for natural science education and informal learning environments or Grants for vocational education and training will not be considered in this call.
- A main applicant or project group with an active grant, which was awarded in the open competition calls within education and outreach in the period 2018-2021, is only able to apply for a new grant in the last year of the active grant. However, a new grant may not be paid out until the existing grant is completed. Depending on the organisation’s capacity, the Foundation may be able to dispense with this requirement under special circumstances if contacted.
- Recipients of grants from NNF of other types than the above mentioned may apply for this call. If you have an active grant from NNF, this may be taken into consideration in the evaluation of your application for a new grant. In general, it is recommended that grant recipients have delivered results on the active grant(s) before submission of a new application to NNF. If you apply, while having an active grant from NNF, you must describe how the project you propose in this application is different from and/or coherent with the project(s) already funded and briefly describe the progress of the already funded project(s).
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation will not award grants for:
- commercial activities;
- buildings; and
- overhead (such as rent, electricity, water and maintenance).
For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF).