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Committee on Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme 2024 – Integrating safety and environmental sustainability impacts of bio-based solutions

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 2024 the theme within Life Science Research Promoting Sustainability is: Integrating safety and environmental sustainability impacts of bio-based solutions

The Board has established a grant budget of DKK 360 million for the entire Challenge Programme in 2024, 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.

Christina Rudén

Chair

Professor, Stockholm University

Elizabeth Clare Mills

Member

Professor, University of Surrey

Gabriele Berg

Member

Professor, Graz University of Technology

Kostas Koutsoumanis

Member

Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Mark A. J. Huijbregts

Member

Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen

Marta Hugas

Member

Dr., Independent expert

Reinout Heijungs

Member

Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Wulf Amelung

Member

Professor, University of Bonn/FZ Jülich