Carlsberg Mindelegat

Carlsberg Mindelegat wants to:

• Support communication of basic research and science to non-scientific audiences
• Support researchers’ communication of their own research
• Strengthen the communication skills of researchers and contribute to a steady increase in the participation of researchers in public conversation and debate
• Promote relationships and collaboration between researchers and professional communicators
• 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 misinformation with fact-based knowledge.

Carlsberg Mindelegat is open to applications from researchers with an affiliation to a Danish research institution.

Applicants must as a minimum have a PhD.

It is not a requirement that the applicant’s research is, or has been, supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

What can be applied for

Communication projects for a period of maximum two years with an application amount of DKK 50,000-200,000. 

The project can be independently defined or form part of a larger project, and the project may be co-financed with funds from another party.

The project must involve the communication of basic research or science. Basic research is understood as curiosity-driven experimental or theoretical work undertaken to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts.

The Carlsberg Foundation does not support communication of clinical health-scientific research. 

Link to what the foundation supports

The project must take its starting point in the applicant’s own research and research field.

The project must involve collaboration with professional communicators with documented experience of e.g. journalism or media production.

The budget may include

• Costs associated with the production of communication content
• Payment of professional communicators and any student assistants
• Costs associated with the development of communication platforms
• Costs associated with the communication and distribution of the project, including making the project accessible free of charge on payment platforms

What cannot be applied for

• Projects with an applied scientific focus
• Projects with focus on educational recruitment
• Projects with focus on media training of as well as coaching and teaching communication to researchers
• Purely commercial purposes
• Research publications and teaching materials
• Information and recruitment campaigns
• Holding of, or participation in, conferences and courses
• Citizen Science projects
• Buy-out of the applicant or other researchers

Target groups and accessibility

The project must be aimed at non-scientific audience primarily in Denmark: the wider population, from children and young people in primary and lower-secondary education and upwards.

The project’s principal communication must be accessible to all interested parties free of charge such as subscriptions, paywalls or entrance fees. Distribution via libraries, including book loans, eReolen (digital books) and Filmstriben (digital films), is regarded as a supplement to the requirement for free access.

The communication must be freely accessible from the time it is published.

The communication may be in Danish or a foreign language, but it must be linguistically accessible to a broad audience in Denmark.

Communication formats

The project may be based on any type of communication format (or multiple types), including TV and radio productions, podcasts, new science journalism initiatives, festivals, lectures and debates, animations, publications and SoMe productions.

Start date for projects

Spring call with application deadline 1 March: 

• The earliest start date is 1 August and the latest start date is 1 January of the following year 

Autumn call with application deadline 1 September: 

• The earliest start date is 1 January and the latest start date is 1 September of the following year