1. INELIGIBILITY FOR APPLYING FOR OR RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE NOVO NORDISK FOUNDATION
The following shall be considered ineligible to apply for or receive grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation:
Employees
a) Employees of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novo Holdings A/S, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novonesis A/S and other companies in which the Novo Nordisk Foundation has a controlling interest.
Grant-awarding bodies
b) Members of the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and members of the executive management in the Novo Nordisk Foundation acting on mandate from the Board of Directors, their spouses and children residing in the family home.
Committees
c) Members of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s committees, their spouses and children residing in the family home. However, committee members may serve as collaborative partners or advisers on an application. Committee members may also be an applicant or co-applicant on an application submitted to a committee other than the one or ones on which they serve.
Former committee members
d) If a former member of one of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s committees applies for a grant from the committee in which they have served within two years following their resignation from the committee, the Novo Nordisk Foundation must appoint external assessors to review the application. The external assessors will review and score the application which will then be ranked along the other applications assessed by the committee.