Uncategorized - October 11, 2021
NNF awards 128 MDKK for an innovation platform at university hospitals
The project aims to ensure that even more research results are converted into new therapies or products that can be rapidly disseminated in the healthcare system to benefit patients, employees and society, to better equip the healthcare system to meet the challenges of the future. Innovation should be a fully integrated part of Denmark’s healthcare […]
Business Award - August 20, 2021
BioInnovation Institute launches Innovation award
The winner will be announced in Science, receive 25,000 USD and invited into BII’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. BioInnovation Institute (BII) has announced the launch of a new annual innovation award in partnership with Science. The BII & Science Prize for Innovation The “BII & Science Prize for Innovation” seeks to recognize bold researchers who are asking […]
Careers article - July 29, 2021
NNF grants have contributed to create more than 5500 jobs
The number of jobs created through Novo Nordisk Foundation grants has more than doubled in the past 5 years. In 2020, a total of 5,500 people had jobs that were wholly or partly funded by grants from the Foundation. This is a significant increase compared to 2016, when the number of jobs was 2,100. This […]
Science Award - July 20, 2021
Inge Marie Svane receives the Marie and August Krogh Prize
She receives the 2021 Marie and August Krogh Prize for her dedicated efforts in cancer and immunotherapy. The Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding health researcher in Denmark. The Foundation and the Organization of Danish Medical Societies award the Prize, which is accompanied by DKK 1.5 million, of which DKK 1.25 million is for […]
Uncategorized - June 22, 2021
New analysis: Life science across the Øresund
The analysis provides facts and figures about commuting, workforce, investments, businesses and research in Medicon Valley, and it also highlights a crucial discussion about the unexploited collaboration potential in the region. The analysis, prepared by Øresundsinstituttet as part of the Interregproject Greater Copenhagen Life Science Analysis Initiative, shows for example that there are more than […]
Uncategorized - May 20, 2021
The NNF has awarded grants to 38 research leaders
The research leaders have been awarded grants under the Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Leader Programme. One project the grants will fund aims to discover new knowledge on how viruses such as influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) affect the body’s metabolism and whether their proliferation in the body can be combatted. Another project will […]
