About the Danida Research Portal
Support for development research has been an important component of Danish development cooperation for more than 40 years. The thematic and strategic focus of the support is aligned with Denmark’s strategy for development cooperation. In ‘The World We Share’ (2021-2025), focus is on fighting and preventing poverty and inequality along with conflict, displacement, and irregular migration while strengthening resilience towards climate change. The strategy further highlights the importance of partnerships between Danish universities and research communities in the Global South. In addition, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in 2015, serve as a comprehensive framework for development cooperation and development research.
The overall objective of Danish funding for development research is to strengthen research capacity and support high quality research in the Global South that produces evidence to address sustainable development challenges and informs decision-making by policymakers and other users of research outputs.
As a contribution to meet these targets effectively, this online portal of Danida supported development research projects was developed by the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN) in cooperation with Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC), CABI and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS).
The portal can be used by researchers in Denmark and abroad, and by government ministries, embassies, NGOs, donors, journalists, consultants, and advisers who need easy access to information about Danish supported research projects in specific countries/themes. The portal can also be used by the general public in order to learn more about the results of public spending on development research in Denmark.
The portal was launched in July 2011. Following the launch it was updated in September 2018 and again in March 2025. It contains details of all projects that were funded after January 2008 as well as a limited number of older projects, subject to availability of data. Maintenance and update of the portal is the responsibility of DFC, based on information provided by research project participants.
Any comments or questions should be directed to DFC at research@dfcentre.dk
