Purpose

• Support for projects within science communication to promote popular education and general interest in basic research and science. The Carlsberg Foundation wants to promote collaborations between professional communicators and researchers in order to strengthen research and the position of science in society and in public conversation and debate.
• The purpose of Science Communication is 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
  • Strengthen awareness of, and confidence in, reliable scientific sources, partly with a view to countering disinformation with fact-based knowledge

Funding Information

• Communication projects for a period of maximum three years with an amount of DKK 200,000 – DKK 3,000,000.

Who can apply?

• Science Communication can be applied for by independent communicators, public institutions, private companies, or non-profit organizations in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
• At the time of application, the applicant and/or institution, etc. 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 funding for non-commercial projects with a non-profit aim.

What cannot be applied for?

• Projects with an applied scientific focus or clinical health-scientific research
• Projects focused on educational recruitment
• Projects focused on media training of as well as coaching and teaching communication to researchers
• Purely commercial purposes
• Teaching materials
• Information campaigns

For more information, visit Carlsberg Foundation.

https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/applicant/science-communication/