EliteForsk Travel Grant

The Elite Research Initiative is the unifying brand name for a series of initiatives designed to honour and support the biggest research talents in Danish research

The initiative aims to raise awareness of excellent researchers and their research. In addition, Elite Research highlight the researchers as role models to attract more young students for a career in research, in order to fulfil the ambition to make Denmark one of the leading and most competitive knowledge societies in the world.

The Elite Research Travel Grant is DKK 200,000 and helps very talented PhD students to perform longer-term studies in some of the best research environments in the world. The Ministry of Higher Education and Science annually distributes up to 20 Elite Research travel grants.

What does an EliteForsk travel grant mean for your future opportunities?
My ambition is to travel to Asia for e.g. to observe how South Korean companies live up to new transparency requirements regarding the probability of different types of winnings from loot boxes. I will also travel to the Netherlands to investigate whether the legal requirement stemming from the EU's consumer legislation is met, which requires game manufacturers to display prices for in-game purchases in euros and not fictitious currencies (for example, green gems). Finally, I take a closer look at the UK's attempts to influence the gaming industry to self-regulate the industry. The overall experience can have an impact on legislation in the area in Denmark and other EU countries.