Support for Danish FP7 coordinators

Support for Danish FP7 coordinators The Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation will support the Danish FP7 coordinators with DKK 1 million for incurred expenses.

The Danish companies and research institutions that have taken on the role of coordinators for the EU Seventh Framework Program (FP7) can apply for financial aid from the Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation.

The coordinators, who deal with contract negotiations from the time an application for an FP7 grant has been approved by the European Commission to the time a contract is signed, incur several expenses in the process. As of July 1st, they will be able to apply for financial aid of up to DKK 65,000 to be put towards these expenses, from the Agency. The Agency has allocated a total of DKK 1 million for this purpose.

The initiative is part of the Danish governments Globalization Strategy, aimed to strengthen Denmarks’s competitive power by increasing Denmarks’s participation in EU research cooperations.

Read more about the call here (in Danish)

Read more about the possibilities for financial and other support from Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation for companies applying for funding from FP7here (in Danish)