Distinguished Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism – Nordic Region

Purpose

To promote Nordic research at the highest international level the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) seeks to support outstanding professors with ambitious projects within endocrinology and metabolism to understand the human organism and the mechanisms underlying health and disease at a basic and clinical level. NNF will award up to two grants.

Eligibility

The grant is for the outstanding professors who have demonstrated the ability to execute and lead research at the highest international level continuously through several years.

• Applicants must be professors (MSO included). Researchers who at the time of application have been offered and/or accepted a professorship should also apply to this call
• Applicants may be basic/experimental researchers or clinicians
• The projects of high international standard must be anchored at a hospital, university or other non-profit research institution (administrating host institution) in a Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden)
• The applicant cannot have a grant portfolio exceeding an annual total of DKK 5 million (excluding possible overhead) in the year of commencing the project
• The applicant cannot be a group leader in one of the NNF centres, where research support is included in the affiliation to the centre

A full list of eligibility requirements is found in the ‘Information and guidelines for applicants’.

Research fields

The overall goal is to obtain new knowledge and better treatment or prevention of disease relevant to the human organism within the areas of endocrinology and metabolism, relating to cellular energy homeostasis, and hormonal disorders of the endocrine system.

Areas supported include research involving patients and/or clinical practice but could also include animal models, model organisms, cellular- or sub-cellular systems (with clear whole body relevance) as well as in silico analysis, with the overall purpose of solving challenges related to endocrinology and metabolism in health and disease. Please note that endocrinology is not restricted to diabetes. Research projects within all subfields of endocrinology, e.g. thyroid, reproduction, or bone and calcium metabolism can be supported.

Funding

A total of up to DKK 25 million is available for granting. For each grant, approximately DKK 2.5 million can be awarded per year, over a 5-year grant period, for a total budget of up to DKK 12.5 million per grant.

Application process

Applications must be completed and submitted using the foundation’s electronic application system. The Committee on Endocrinology and Metabolism will assess the applications.

Please read the ”Information and Guidelines for Applicants” carefully before initiating the application process. Additional and essential information is found in these guidelines.