Purpose
Applications are invited for project grants to support excellent research within industrial biotechnology and environmental biotechnology. Projects must be based at a university or other non-profit research institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
The proposed research must address major challenges within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology, with a strategic perspective addressing major questions and challenges within these fields. The research should be fundamental in character but have a strategic outlook to scaling potential(s), contribute to sustainability and, if relevant, increase productivity. The proposed research must involve a clear element of biotechnology.
Non-exclusive list of prioritized areas:
- Use or engineering of biological/biotechnological tools and systems for synthesis and production of valuable products (e.g., chemicals, proteins and materials)
- Development of technologies and processes that can be utilized directly for bioproduction
- Improvement of the efficiency of biomanufacturing
- Use or engineering of biological/biotechnological tools and systems to protect or improve the environment
- Understanding, protection or manipulation of natural or industrial ecosystems related to application of biotechnology
- Data science promoting research within industrial or environmental biotechnology, including related ecosystems research
Proposals focusing on plant science, agriculture and food biotechnology should be submitted to the Novo Nordisk Foundation Committee on Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology, while proposals with a focus on pharmaceuticals and therapeutics should be submitted to the Novo Nordisk Foundation Committee on Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine.
