In English
Prevention Lab supports innovative prevention methods to prevent cancer and promote cancer patient’s health.
Background for Prevention Lab
The incidence of cancer is rising, and with a growing population, resources for health care services are under increasing pressure.
Prevention is a crucial part of the solution, which is why the Danish Cancer Society has established Prevention Lab in 2024.
Prevention Lab supports projects providing new insights on how to translate knowledge about health behaviors and cancer risk factors into improved health. This is achieved through concrete practice-based experiments followed by research.
Prevention Lab aims to integrate various disciplines. Social sciences, technology, anthropology, marketing, and psychology could be disciplines contributing to new insights and methods in addition to traditional health research.
Which projects are considered?
To be considered for a grant, the project must encompass:
- New and innovative methods and approaches to prevention and health promotion.
- Projects with potential impact on public health.
- Practice-oriented research projects.
The applications shall address the Danish Cancer Society’s prevention policy:
Apply for a grant
When applying for grants with Prevention Lab, please use the digital application system.
See guidelines for application for Prevention Lab grants 2025 here:
Assessment Committee for Prevention Lab
As part of the initiative, the Danish Cancer Society has appointed an external and independent assessment committee. The committee will assess the quality of the incoming applications in relation to the realization of Prevention Lab’s goals.
The committee includes researchers, practitioners, and representatives of the public/patient perspective, and encompasses knowledge in:
- Health behavior and structural frameworks for health behavior
- Bridging health research and practice
- Public health and health inequality
- Personalized prevention/Artificial intelligence/Technology
- Register research/Biomarkers
- Implementation research
- Innovation
Tine Curtis, chair of the committee:
- There is a need to focus more on prevention in Denmark, and there is a need to find new pathways doing so. I am therefore excited to support new and innovative prevention methods, and to collaborate with a very competent and varied assessment committee.
Tine Curtis is appointed as chair for the assessment committee. Tine brings her extended experience in combining research and practice within health promotion and prevention, and her strong capacity for novelty, partnerships and holistic interventions, into the assessment committee.