The Novo Nordisk Foundation is excited to announce the four themes of its Challenge Programme 2025. The Programme addresses some of the major challenges facing society and the planet at large. It has a total budget of DKK 480 million (€64.3 million) and is now open for…

In 2023, we awarded more than DKK 9.1 billion in philanthropic grants and investments, supporting 751 new projects and initiatives. See our Grant Report 2023 - Benefitting people, society and the planet for more facts and figures, and to read about some of our major activities…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation proudly announces Professor Jack Pronk as the recipient of the 2024 Novozymes Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to industrial biotechnology. His transformative research in yeast physiology and metabolic engineering has not only revolutionised…

Denmark will soon have a national centre for innovation that will house one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers. But what is a supercomputer, and why would we want one? Watch the video to find out, and read more here: novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/denmar…

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Today, we launched the Danish Centre for AI Innovation at an event attended by His Majesty the King, Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs Morten Bødskov, Minister for Interior and Health Sophia Løhde, and Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina…

AI is a technology with phenomenal capacity to benefit people and the planet. Here, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Lene Oddershede, Senior Vice President, talk about the new Danish Centre for AI Innovation.

The centre is being established in…

Denmark’s researchers and innovators will soon have access to vast supercomputing power, state-of-the-art software, and world-leading expertise to help realise the potential of AI technology across industries from healthcare and life science to the green transition.

The Novo…

Fremover vil hovedparten af Novo Nordisk Fondens forventede vækst i uddelinger ske uden for Danmark.

Det fortæller Lars Rebien Sørensen i et interview.

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Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian are being honoured with the 2024 Novo Nordisk Prize for their pioneering work, which enables the human genome to be sequenced in just an hour. This has opened the door to personalised healthcare and enhances our…

Infectious disease and vaccine expert Nicholas Jackson will lead the newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity (NIVI) as Executive Director and CEO from 1 May. NIVI is a partnership with Københavns Uni.

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Professor Antje Körner will receive the 2024 Obesity Prize for Excellence for groundbreaking research into the origin and consequences of childhood obesity.

The prize is awarded by EASO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Four other researchers will also receive the New…

Tilbage i 1980erne opdagede prof Jens Juul Holst tarmhormonet GLP-1, der i dag er hovedingrediens i bla slankemidlet Wegovy og diabetespræparatet Ozempic.
🎙️Hør #MånedensForsker Jens Juul Holst om opdagelsen og bliv klogere på hans aktuelle #dkforsk bit.ly/holst_podcast

Last week, the Novo Nordisk Foundation announced the extension and expansion of the Open Discovery Innovation Network (ODIN). This patent-free platform, now encompassing five Danish universities, significantly lowers the hurdles for collaboration between industry and academia.…

This International Women's Day, the Novo Nordisk Foundation celebrates the women who are leading the way in health and science. From bioengineering breakthroughs to innovative healthcare solutions, our grantees Professors Irina Borodina, Anja Boisen, and Mette Rosenkilde,…

Focusing its support on science, education, innovation and development initiatives, the Foundation’s overall ambition is to improve human and planetary health.
In 2023, the Foundation awarded more than DKK 9.1 billion in philanthropic grants and investments and supported a total…

With its unprecedented precision, #quantum sensing holds the potential to reform biomedical and health sciences by improving the diagnosis and prevention of diseases. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish the Copenhagen Center for…

An innovative research project based at Aarhus University aims to reduce the climate footprint of agriculture by using advanced technology and data-driven methods.

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Diseases spread by vectors such as ticks and mosquitoes pose significant risks to global health. To address this, Professor John Eriksson and his team at Åbo Akademi University in Finland are developing an innovative bioactive insect repellent that embraces the principles of…

Børn i Danmark har gået hele 405.634 km som led i kampagnen ”Børnenes Danmarksindsamling – vi går sammen”, der er en del af Danmarks Indsamlingen Danmarks Indsamling. Indsatsen udløser en donation på 8.112.680 kr. fra Novo Nordisk Fonden. Pengene går til at flere udsatte børn i Uganda…

The prestigious Hagedorn Prize goes this year to pioneering cardiologist Christian Torp-Pedersen. This is already his second award of 2024 after receiving the Marie and August Krogh Prize last week.

The Hagedorn Prize is awarded by the Danish Society of Internal Medicine and the…