The purpose of the prize is to recognize and highlight a team of teachers (two or three teachers) who have collectively made an extraordinary effort to educate and qualify the country’s Health Sciences students at universities and have set an example which inspires at international level.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Health Sciences Teachers at Universities is aimed at committed and talented teachers who are full-time permanent employees at the associate professor or higher level, or on a tenure-track at the assistant professor level, and who teach Health Sciences subjects in Health Sciences educational programmes in the Danish Realm.
Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Health Sciences Teachers at Universities is awarded annually. The prize consists of a sum of DKK 1,500,000, including a personal honorarium of DKK 25,000 for each educator, with the remainder going to the university as an educational funding grant. The portion allocated to the university must be used by the team for the development of Health Sciences teaching (e.g., purchase of experimental equipment, upgrading of teaching facilities, development projects, inspiration trips to other universities, etc.).
The prize is awarded to teams of two or three teachers upon nomination by the rector (or dean on behalf of the rector) for education. Students and colleagues are encouraged to propose candidates to the dean/rector, who can then nominate via the link provided in the application info. Only one team of teachers can be nominated to the Prize for Health Sciences teachers from the same university.
The Committee on The Novo Nordisk Foundation Teaching Prizes selects the successful nominee for the Prize.
The prizes are presented at the recipient’s university celebration or the annual teaching symposium at the University. The announcement of the prize will also be published in SCIENCE magazine, together with a two-pages long advertorial where the Foundation’s motivation for awarding and the winners’ description of their achievements and ambitions regarding teaching that led to the award will be described.
