Donations
| Title | Organisation | Name of Applicant | Amount DKK | Year | Category |
| 2026 | |||||
| Professional use and development of a wildlife detection dog (WDD) part 2 | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Louise Rask Christensen | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Experimentally validated opensource tool for assessment of seismic kinematic interaction including soil liquefaction | COWI A/S (DK). Renewables Energy DK | Giovanni Li Destri Nicosia | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Nature Based Solutions for National Defense of Critical Infrastructure | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Katrine Grace Turner | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Improvements to Light Rail Large Angle Track Crossings | COWI Polska Sp. z o.o. COWI Poland, Railways | Robert Wojtczak | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| AI Visual Exploration Tool for Architects and Road Planners | COWI AS (NO). Transportation | Mehdi Khakpou | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| The effect of extreme weather "Hans" on Lake Mjøsa hydromatics | COWI AS (NO). Water and Environment | Gerard Dam | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Tunnel Squat with Strengthening System Using Full-Scale Testing and Numerical Model Calibration | COWI Singapore Pte. Ltd., International Activities | Linda Zhou Yuqian | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Estimation of Trip Generation through AI: Experimental Method and Digital Prototype | COWI A/S (DK), Transportation | Ehsan Jamshidi | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Exploration of Innovative Offsite Construction Methods for Onshore Wind Turbine Foundations | COWI UK Limited, 7262 UK and Ireland, Tunnels and Civils | Holly Richmond | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| GREEN-HEAT QoL: Urban Heat Islands, Green-Blue Density and Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study across Aarhus, Łódź and Bilbao | COWI Polska Sp. z o.o., Wroclaw , Poland | Kamil Jawgiel | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Development of innovative techniques to improve the mapping and characterisation of landslides using drones | COWI UK Limited, 7263 UK and Ireland, Ground Engineering | Lee Taylor | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Digitalizing of bore profiles | COWI A/S (DK), Transportation, 7395 Management - Business IT | Jannich Grymer | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Large language model (LLM) for geotechnical compliance | COWI A/S (DK), Transportation, 7395 Management - Business IT | Jannich Grymer | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| AI-Enabled Resource Mapping in Field Findings | COWI A/S (DK), Transportation East | Michael Porskær | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Physics-Informed AI Surrogate for Power Cable Thermal Fields | COWI A/S (DK), Renewable Energy (DK), 7153 Offshore Wind and Power Systems | Mikkel Lagerstedt | 50,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| GeoAI-Driven Asset Inspection: Automated Defect Detection for Infrastructure | COWI A/S (DK), Transportation | Simon Lützhøft Laursen | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| AI-Assisted Back Analysis for the Observational Method in Geotechnical Engineering | COWI UK Limited, 7263 UK and Ireland | Francisco Santos Marques | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Optimizing BESS business cases | COWI A/S (DK)Renewable Energy (DK) | Morten Hørmann | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Evaluation of new carbon capture technology | COWI A/S (DK)Renewable Energy DK | Jeppe Grue | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Regulatory Asymmetry in Heating and Cooling: A Case-Based Assessment of Individual and Collective Solutions | COWI A/S (DK)Renewables Energy, DK | Jeppe Krogh Skjølstrup | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Prediction of pile driving induced fatigue using ML | COWI A/S (DK)Renewables Energy DK | Omer Kucukyildiz | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Characterizing shoreline impacts of vessel generated wake waves | COWI North America Ltd.Canada | Erin Broatch | 100,000 | 2026 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| 2025 | |||||
| Improvements to road crossing traffic performance with focus on promoting walking, cycling and e-scooting | COWI Polska Sp.z.o.o. EDC | Robert Wojtczak | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Enhancing Coastal Modelling for Resilient and Sustainable Ferry Operations | COWI North America Ltd. | Gabriela Maciel-Jobb | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Crack Development in Looped Wire Rope Connections | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Torkil Veyhe | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| A simplified and practical applicable shear model for ASR-damaged bridges | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Søren Gustenhoff Hansen | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Data-driven Constitutive Modelling | COWI A/S(DK). Renewables Energy DK | Guillaume Melin | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Sustainable Decision Making for Bridges – Fatigue Load Models | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Simon Rem Bjærre | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Trade-off in biodiversity impact between extra load-bearing structures in a building and biodiversity measures on roof, for different types and amounts of construction materials | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Katrine Grace Turner | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Future-Proof Cooling: Natural Refrigerant Solutions for Hyperscale Data Centers | COWI AS (NO). Buildings and Industry | Silje Marie Smitt | 75,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Double Composite Steel I-Girder Bridge | COWI UK Limited. UK and Ireland | Daisuke Saito | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Optimization of eDNA metabarcoding methodology | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Malthe Aslak Nebel Sohn |
100,000
|
2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Evaluating the feasibility of using environmental DNA (eDNA) testing as a faster, lower-cost and more accurate tool for measuring Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) | COWI UK Limited. UK & Ireland | Alex McDonald | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Traffic disruption emissions for bridges | COWI UK Limited. UK & Ireland | Matthew Poulton | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Integrated Validation of Knuckle Joints in Precast Arched Tunnels Using Full-Scale Testing and Non-Linear Finite Element Modelling | COWI Singapore Pte. Ltd. - International Activities | Mengxiao Li | 50,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| From barriers to biodiversity: Towards Effective Management of Urban Biodiversity | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Lilli Gruwier | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Investigation downward deflection of concrete slabs during fire by using computational solution | COWI A/S (DK). Buildings and Industry East | Flemming Ruddi Mørk | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| From Waste to Value: Converting Nitrate-Rich Condensate from Carbon Capture into Fertilizer and Concrete Admixtures | COWI A/S (DK). Renewable Energy DK | Iver Blankenberg Schmidt | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Lighter Footprints: A toolbox for building in a changing climate | Arkitema AS (NO). Buildings and Industry | Sophie Dikmans | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| PISA database for early phase offshore wind projects | COWI India. EDC, Industry and Energy | Peter Ladefoged | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Innovative Use of 3D Concrete Printing with Composite Reinforcement for the Production of L-Shaped Platform Walls | COWI Polska Sp. z o.o. EDC, Railways | Anna Lukasik | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Prototype for New Collaborations in the Water Sector – Bridging Engineering and Finance | COWI A/S (DK). Water & Environment | Malte Skovby Ahm | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| New cable damping design method for bridge hanger cables | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Allan Larsen | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Early-Phase Tree Assessment Framework for Ensuring No Net Loss of Urban Canopy – Prototype Development | COWI A/S (DK). Water & Environment | Kathrine Thim Steenholdt | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Virtual sensing for continuous fatigue load monitoring and lifetime extension of offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Isaac Farreras Alcover | 75,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Parametric investigation of a Fender Structure for Bridge Pier Protection against Ship Collision | COWI A/S (DK). Heavy Civil | Ion Racu | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Best practice: New nature on former agriculture land and in urban development project | COWI A/S (DK). Water and Environment | Lilli Gruwier | 100,000 | 2025 | Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Title |
Organisation |
Name of applicant |
Amount |
Year |
Category |
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2024 |
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Greenhouse gas assessment of reducing outflow of water into water and sewer pipelines |
COWI AS, Water and Environment. Regional Management, Water 2 |
Lene Grimsrud |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Green industrial waterfronts: Opportunities, challenges and solutions for the urban industrial waterfront |
COWI International, North America. Operations, East Consulting Inc. Marine |
Jennifer Marie Norton |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Compiling data for PFAS compounds in soil and groundwater |
COWI A/S, Society and Utilities. |
Kirsten Rügge |
DKK 50,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
The potential of AI, LinkedData and BIM in the construction industry |
COWI A/S, Buildings and Arkitema Group Digital Transformation |
Niels Treldal |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Research of wave and current dynamics for offshore wind structures subject to extreme seabed lowering conditions at shallow locations |
COWI International, Energy International. Wind Energy and Renewables Management |
Eduardo Calderon Asensio |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Modelling strategies for seismic design of jacketed offshore wind turbines, including the effect of kinematic amplification |
COWI International, Energy International. Offshore Wind and Renewable Energy |
Giovanni Li Destri NicosiaN |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Valuation of Wetlands in the Context of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and current nature value system in development projects in Norway, exemplified by wetland carbon and CO₂ mapping in Karmøy, Norway |
COWI AS, Energy, Climate and Water. Management, Environment |
Christian Rekve Bryn |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Regenerative Urban Environments: A White Paper on a Solution for Traffic Noise Pollution and Biodiversity Enhancement - using Construction Waste and Computational Design |
COWI A/S, Society and Utilities. Urban Planning & Transport |
Jon Thorsteinn Johannsson |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Technical Circular Development for Bridge Design Topics |
COWI International, North America. Operations, North |
Aaron Ferguson |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
eDNA metabarcoding as a supplement to conventional fieldwork |
COWI A/S, Society & Utilities. Nature and Areas |
Malthe Aslak Nebel Sohn |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Extension of the SMCI – Spatial Mutually Constrained Inversion |
COWI International, Energy International. Wind Energy & Renewables Management |
Ole Frits Nielsen |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Frost-heave properties in Danish clay |
COWI A/S, Transportation. |
Bjørn Staghøj Roesen |
DKK 50,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Safety & Security in Buildings and Urban Space: Presentation of aca-demic paper at Cergy Paris Université and writing scientific article |
COWI A/S, Society and Utilities |
Stine Illum |
DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| SHAPE - Optimizing Swimmers' Performance through Air Quality Analysis: A Comprehensive Research Project | COWI AS, Buildings | Ole Øiene Smedegård | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| The village/town Brøndehøje on the Danish Island Møn, disappeared in a very severe storm in 1625. Has the harbour been found? | COWI International, Transportation International | Ole Juul Jensen | DKK 50,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Prototyping an AI-tool that performs cross-disciplinary engineering of buildings | COWI AS, Buildings and Industry | Hauk-Morten Heimlund Lykke | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Low Carbon Footbridge Investigations | COWI International, United Kingdom | Samuel Trueman | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
| Assessing the risk of landslides in coastal near areas – Mørkholt case | COWI A/S - Denmark Infrastructure, Heavy Civil. Geotechnical Disciplines, dept. 7104 | Helle Trankjær | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
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| Sustainable Living Prototype for Elderly: The Green Home Initiative | Arkitema Oslo - Architecture and Urban Planning. Sustainable Development Unit. Senior Housing Department | Fei Ding | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Advanced non-destructive testing and monitoring of reinforced concrete structures in the Baltic Sea using underwater drones and remote sensing | COWI Poland. Dept. 4812, Tunnels and Underground Infrastructure | Maciej Marut | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Professional use and development of a wildlife detection dog (WDD) | COWI A/S - Water and environment. Planning, Permitting, Nature and Areas (7123) | Louise Rask Christensen | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Back Analysis of Artificial Ground Freezing HS2 London, UK | COWI UK. Tunnels, Civils and Underground Structures | Hugh Monckton | DKK 75,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Floating City Digital Twin for Enhanced Coastal Resilience and Sustainability | COWI North America | Wen-Huai Tsao | DKK 75,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Breaking wave load assessment refined by CFD | COWI AS - Renewable Energy | Daniel Merino Hoyos | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
|
| Develop a digital method to visualize geographically distributed environmental issues in an interactive 3D model | COWI AB - Infrastructure. Transport, Water and Environment | Marie Haeger-Eugensson | DKK 100,000 |
2024 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives
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2023 |
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Climate data tool for Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis |
COWI A/S, Global Advisory. Planning and Infrastructure Development |
Raphaël Payet-Burin |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Survey of the rare and endangered bee Osmia maritima |
COWI AS, Transport and Urban Planning. Spatial planning and landscape architecture |
Kaj-Andreas Hanevik |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of a Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) process |
COWI AB, Industry. Project and Process |
Karin Carlqvist |
DKK 75,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Full scale testing of Geo Grids in base course and subbase course in order to archive savings on materials, with the goal of enhancing sustainability in road construction |
COWI A/S, Transportation. Transportation Infrastructure, DK North |
Anne Richter Jungersen |
DKK 50,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Non-linear time-domain buffeting response simulations of long-span bridges |
COWI International, Transportation International. Bridges International |
Michael Styrk Andersen |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Analysis and optimization of medical gas and compressed air systems in hospitals |
COWI AS, Buildings. Buildings Central North |
Ole Øiene Smedegård |
DKK 50,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Airborne ground penetrating radar (GPR) for investigation of sub surface peat bog surveys |
COWI AS, Water and Environment. Environment |
Eivind Støren |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Greenhouse gas assessment of reducing both the inflow and outflow of water into water and sewer pipelines. |
COWI AS, Water and Environment. Regional management, Water 1 |
Lene Grimsrud |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Maintenance of nature-based solution - collecting actual cost numbers |
COWI AS, Transport and Urban Planning. Spatial Planning and Transportation |
Marianne Berge |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Survey of rare and endangered bees, and potential new species for Norway due to climate change |
COWI AS, Transport and Urban Planning. Spatial planning and landscape architecture |
Kaj-Andreas Hanevik |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Conference presentation with an innovative format |
COWI AS, Buildings. Acoustics |
Svein Folkvord |
DKK 50,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Determination of distribution coefficients for PFAS compounds in soil and groundwater |
COWI A/S, Society and Utilities. Environment and Resources |
Bo Tegner Bay |
DKK 75,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Utilization of alternative water resources for the PtX industry |
COWI International, Energy International. Green Fuels and Energy |
Michelle Lison Rebsdorf |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Professional testing and feedback regarding Bynatur.app - Development of a national method for mapping of urban nature |
COWI A/S - Society and Utilities. Nature and Areas |
Torben Ebbensgaard |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Correlation for determination of undrained shear strength in soft soils |
COWI A/S, Transportation. Transportation, DK Central |
Emil Brandt |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Doughnut Economics - Development of cross-disciplinary approaches to assist the application of the “Doughnut” ideas to Danish municipalities |
COWI A/S - Society & Utilities. Green Transition Advisory |
Anne-Mette Manelius |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
|
Tool to enhance the results of city-level projects in low urban contexts |
COWI A/S, Global Advisory. Policy, Planning and Infrastructure Development |
Helle Qwist-Hoffmann |
DKK 75,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Catalogue of opportunities for service life extension of orthotropic steel bridge deck |
COWI A/S, Transportation. Bridges and Civil Structures |
Jakob Laigaard Jensen |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Key contribution at several international conferences and expert groups concerning pool facilities and synthetic turf system design, construction, and operation |
COWI AS, Buildings. Building |
Bjørn Aas |
DKK 50,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Quantifying the Influence of the Pool Cover on the Water Evaporation Rate in Indoor Swimming Halls |
COWI AS, Buildings. Central North |
Ole Øiene Smedegård |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Investigating how to improve local climate modelling by using high resolution meteorological inputs |
COWI AB, Civil. Water and Environment |
Marie Haeger-Eugensson |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Concept Spaceplanning – Working with placeholder for room data and footprints in early design stages |
Arkitema. Arkitema Innovation |
Mikkel Printz |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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Artificial Intelligence in Architecture |
Arkitema, Business Development. Competition and Development |
Allan Mulvad Kristensen |
DKK 100,000 |
2023 |
Rapid Innovation Initiatives |
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