Partner 7.
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI)
Denmark
Contact persons
Mr. Per Kolbeck Nielsen send
mail
DASTI, Secretariat for the Research Council for Technology and Production Sciences
ERA-PG coordinator Denmark, call coordinator 1st call
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Karen Skriver (DASTI) send
mail
Institute of Molecular Biology and
Physiology University of Copenhagen, The Faculty of Science
National Steering Committee (NSC) member, scientific representative
About DASTI
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is an institution
under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Agency's
activities deal with, among other things:
- Public research funding.
- Researcher mobility.
- Dialogue on priorities in research and technology initiatives.
- Regionalisation of research and innovation.
- Commercialisation of research.
- Interaction between knowledge institutions and the business community.
- Innovation policy.
- EU research policy.
- International co-operation on research and innovation.
- Research dissemination, etc.
Plant genomics in Denmark is supported by broad programmes for biotechnology and food technology. Five universities and two national laboratories are involved in plant genomics, involving 121 researchers and 47 PhD students. The projects are funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries as well as through competitive funding by the Research Councils. The Danish Agriculture and Veterinary Research Council are preparing a coordinated national programme in plant genomics as part of the priority theme ‘The new potential of biology’. The active plant genomics groups have established the Danish Agro-Genomics Research Organization (DANGRO) for exchange of information and coordination.
DASTI has currently observer status in ERA-PG.