Government budget appropriations for Arctic research

The Agency allocates a number of finance act grants within the Arctic field. We allocate nearly DKK 70 million annually. The grants range from funding for the Zackenberg Research Station and the Greenland Climate Research Centre to the University of the Arctic.

Below is an overview of who receives funding via the Finance Act within the Arctic field, and what the funding is allocated for. The overview is organized alphabetically by 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