Research and innovation stand for an important contribution to societal development when it comes to the development of solutions for today’s major challenges, creation of economic growth, prosperity, and the creation of new jobs in Denmark.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Science has the general responsibility for the research and innovation sector, including for getting the most value of the almost DKK 30 billion of public annual investment in research and innovation.
The Danish public research and innovation system can be divided into agents that carry out research, including universities and other education and research institutions, and agents that finance research, including public and private foundations and the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
