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Committee on Novo Nordisk Fondens Challenge Programme 2022 – Recycling for a Sustainable Society

Committee on Novo Nordisk Fondens Challenge Programme 2022 – Recycling for a Sustainable Society

The Committee implements the Board of the Foundation’s decision to award the Foundation’s Challenge Programme grants that supports research within annually decided research themes. In 2022 the theme within Life Science Research Promoting Sustainability is: Recycling for a Sustainable Society

The Board has established a grant budget of DKK 360 million for the entire Challenge Programme in 2022, for large programme grants, each of DKK 30-60 million.

The Board selects the committee members among international experts in the fields of the annual research theme in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the Committee are listed below.

The committee's 6 members

Korneel Rabaey
Member/Chair
Professor, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, University of Ghent
Anna Schnürer
Member
Professor, Department of Molecular Sciences, BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Giovanna Cristina Varese
Member
Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Torino
Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Member
Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University
Piet Lens
Member
Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Technology, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Georg Gübitz
Chair/Member
Professor, Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences