The Committee on Steno Research Collaboration implements the Board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s decision to award Steno Collaborative Grants and the Steno North American Fellowship Grants. These grants are aimed at clinical research collaboration between research environments at the Steno Diabetes Centers and research environments outside the centres. The grants support clinical research, health promotion research and education research in relation to patients and healthcare personnel.
The Board of the Foundation has established an annual grant budget of DKK 56.5 million for the Steno Collaborative Grants as well as the Steno North American Fellowship Grants.
The Committee’s chair and members are experts who are appointed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s board in accordance with the generally applicable rules for the foundation’s committees.