Appropriations for Arctic research under the Finance Act

The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science administers a number of appropriations for Arctic research. In total, it allocates nearly DKK 70 million annually. The appropriations support a wide range of activities, from the Zackenberg Research Station and the Greenland Climate Research Centre to the University of the Arctic.

Below is an overview of the organisations receiving Arctic research funding through the Finance Act, and the activities supported by these appropriations. The overview is organised alphabetically by funding recipient.

Arctic research funding under the Finance Act

Title Recipient

Zackenberg Research Station 

Aarhus University

Danish Centre for Marine Research

Danish Centre for Marine Research (DCU)

Research on foreign-, defence- og security policy

Research Council Faroe Islands

Marin research

Research Council Faroe Islands

Greenland Climate Research Centre

Greenland Institute of Natural Ressources 

International arctic hub (IAH)

Greenland Institute of Natural Ressources

Support of greenlandic research in the form of Ph.d. and postdoctoral fellowships

Greenland Institute of Natural Ressources

Historical inquiry of the relationship between Greenland and Denmark

Government of Greenland

Development of legal concepts in Greenlandic (2023)

The Language Secretariat of Greenland

Arctic Institute

Non-profit Foundation, Strandgade

The Polar Library

University of Copenhagen

Support of arctic research

Memberships, conferences, ect.

Arctic University (UArctic)

UArctic International secretariat and University of Greenland

Suicide prevention initiatives, Centre for Public Health in Greenland

University of Southern Denmark