Expression of interest
The Danish Dairy Research Foundation usually issues a call for 'Expressions of interest' once a year. The next deadline is on Thursday 28 November 2024.
The annual call from the Danish Dairy Research Foundation is now live!
The next deadline is Thursday 28 November 2024 at 23:59. Click here for the latest call ENGLISH description of application procedures, focus areas and the application forms - ENGLISH part 1, ENGLISH part 2, and ENGLISH PART 3.
The board of directors reviews the submitted expressions of interests, and the applicants will be notified of the result in February 2025.
Project guide
The DDRF has prepared a project guide, which provides answers on how to best run a DDRF-project. The most recent guide can be found below:
Projects initiated under DDRF in the previous round
In order to give an idea of the kind of projects that the DDRF board has supported earlier, a list of the scientifically prioritized projects can be found below.
In January 2025 the DDRF board evaluated 15 expressions of interest, and the following projects were prioritized:
Clarissa Schwab, Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University: More than lactate in fermented dairy (FERMENT)
The project aims to investigate whether the antimicrobial activity of short-chain carboxylic acid in fresh fermented dairy is more broad than previously anticipated, and whether fermentation technology can be further optimized to reduce microbial contamination for increased shelf life and food sustainability.
Ebbe Bødtkjer, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University: Milk Lipids for Cardiometabolic Health (MiLiCa)
The aim of the project is to identify the underlying mechanisms whereby acute and chronic intake of medium chain fatty acids modifies cardiovascular function and to explore if the beneficial cardiovascular effects are also achievable in patients with heart failure.
Kevin Stephenson, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine: MFGM-EnhaNceD RUTF for children with SAM (MenD-SAM)
To investigate whether the treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition with ready-to-use therapeutic food containing whey fat concentrate including milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) will improve brain development and reduce the risk of death, hospitalization, and persistent severe malnutrition.
Marianne Hammershøj, Department of Food Science, Aarhus University: Tailor suited heating targets – from batch to continuous processes (TAILORHEAT)
The aim of TAILORHEAT is to provide tailor suited heating targets for the dairy and food industry to secure microbial food safety and shelf life by studying interaction effects of heat load and physical stresses.
Norbert Raak, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen: Boosting dairy side stream value through hybrids (BoostDairy)
The aim of this project is to contribute to a detailed mapping of the nutrient composition and bioavailability as well as structure and physical properties of new hybrid, partially plant-based dairy analogues based on dairy side streams.
Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark: Same-day pathogen mitigation: Leveraging Sequencing and AI for direct phenotypic prediction (DirectPred)
The objective is to revolutionize food safety practices by combining direct sequencing and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a tool called ‘DirectPred’. The project will leverage the power of direct sequencing and AI to provide rapid, accurate detection and characterization of pathogens, enabling risk managers in the food industry to make better-informed decisions.
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