Purpose
With the overall aim of catalyzing Danish fundamental research impacting better health through knowledge, the purpose of the ‘Distinguished Investigator – Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine’ grant is to support leading professors, who propose to undertake novel and ambitious projects that will bring new and important insight into human health and disease.
Areas of support
The fundamental research should be within bioscience and/or basic biomedicine and the project relevant for understanding the human organism and/or basal mechanisms underlying health and disease. The research fields include (but are not limited to): molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics, modelling of biological systems, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, experimental physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, biology, and biostatistics etc. The research will typically be carried out in animals, cellular or subcellular model systems, or in silico.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation offers mutually exclusive calls within the areas listed below. It is the responsibility of the applicant to apply within the call most appropriate:
• Endocrinology and metabolism
• Clinical and translational medicine (for clinicians)
• Natural and technical sciences (NERD and RECRUIT)
Read more about the Research Leader Programme and the previous grant recipients at: researchleaderprogramme.com
