Grants in Open Competition

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The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards grants in open competition across a wide range of areas within science, education & outreach, sustainability, innovation as well as social & humanitarian initiatives. We announce our calls for applications on our website, and each call has a specific theme and/or serves a particular purpose. ‘Open competition’ means that applicants can apply for a grant in response to such calls and ‘compete’ against other applicants to obtain funding.

After a deadline, all the submitted applications are evaluated by independent experts. Following this, applicants are either offered funding or their application is rejected.

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Applying for a Grant

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has several funding areas, and within each area it is possible to apply for support via the Foundation’s Open Competition calls. Here you can read more about how to apply for a grant.

Managing a grant

Read more about how you can manage a grant and what general information you need as a grant holder

Rules and policies

According to the Foundation’s General Terms and Conditions, all grant recipients must comply with all applicable legislation, regulations, standards and ethical norms.

What have we supported

Find out about the projects and people that the Novo Nordisk Foundation has supported, including a list of grant recipients and more in-depth research and project features.