The Committee implements the Board of the Foundation’s grant decision to award visiting postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford Bio-X, and the grants for the Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme and the Explorative Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme, that supports novel, cross-disciplinary, high-risk/high-gain research initiatives.

The Board has established an annual grant budget of DKK 133 million for the support of up to two Visiting Scholar Fellowships at Stanford Bio-X, Palo Alto, California (DKK 8 million), and up to five Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme grants, each of up to DKK 15 million and up to ten Explorative Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme grants, each of up to DKK 5 million.

The Committee members are appointed by the Board in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the Committee are listed below.