Funding
The Centre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies (CIF) is funded by external funds, department funds, and educational activities. The centre and its current projects are funded by the following external grants:
2025-2030. Novo Nordisk Foundation: Centre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies. DKK 30,000,000. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver.
2025-2030. TrygFonden: Centre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies. DKK 30,000,000. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver.
2025-2029. Ole Kirk’s Fond: Etablering af et nationalt videns- og kompetencecenter for tidlig indsats og familieforskning. DKK 12,497,000. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver.
2025-2027. TrygFonden: Long-term Effects of ADBB Scores: An Examination of Predictive Validity and Risk and Protective Factors for Early Childhood Mental Health. DKK 5,200,880. PI: Anne C. Stuart, co-PI Mette Skovgaard Væver.
2024-2026. Centre for Childhood Health: The Danish ADBB Infant Cohort (DAIC): Examining longitudinal associations between infant distress and early rapid growth during the first year of life. DKK 2,000,000. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver.
2024-2027. Novo Nordisk Foundation: Promoting Health in Children from Families with Complex Psychosocial Problems: An evaluation of the ATTACHTTM program in Three Danish municipalities. DKK 4,999,983. Co-PI’s: Johanne Smith-Nielsen & Nicole Letourneau.
2023-2026. The LEGO Foundation: The Playful Learning in Infancy Program. DKK 6,751,889. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver, co-PI Maja Nystrøm Hansen.
2022-2026. Stokke A/S: Take a S-EAT: Social Eating project. DKK 2,681,839. PI: Johanne Smith-Nielsen.
2022-2025. TrygFonden (supplementary grant): The Copenhagen Daycare Project: Enhancing the role of daycare providers in supporting young children’s social and emotional development. DKK 1,849,845. Co-PI’s: Mette Skovgaard Væver & Sophie Reijman.
2021-2026. The Independent Research Fund Denmark: The Copenhagen Daycare Project: Enhancing the role of daycare providers in supporting young children’s social and emotional development. DKK 6,106,134. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver, co-PI’s Sophie Reijman & Katrine Røhder.
2021-2024. TrygFonden: Who’s got me and who gets me? Using the Circle of Security Approach to Strengthen Early Childcare Providers’ Capacity to ‘Hold Children’s Mind in Mind’. DKK 999,578. PI: Johanne Smith-Nielsen.
2020-2024: Trygfonden: ADBB screening af spædbørn. DKK 963,495. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver, co-PI Anne Stuart.
2020-2024. The Independent Research Fund Denmark: Promoting Sensitivity in Centre-based Childcare of 0-2-Year-Old Children. DKK 2,879,674. PI: Johanne Smith-Nielsen.
2019-2025. Nordea-fonden: Understanding Your Baby: Testing a universal intervention supporting first time parents' resources. DKK 10,215,150. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver, co-PI Ida Egmose.
2019-2024. The Independent Research Fund Denmark: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pedagogues Promoting Positive Parenting in a Home-visiting Program in At-risk Families. DKK 5,903,070. PI: Mette Skovgaard Væver.