The Novo Nordisk Foundation wants to support high-quality research which complies with the Foundation’s standards for good research practice.
All applicants must confirm that they will comply with the Foundation’s standards for good research practice in order to be eligible for grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
The grant recipient must comply with generally recognised standards for good research practice[1] – as a minimum the rules of the research institution in question – as well as all relevant laws and regulations in the country in which the grant is utilised.
The researchers must also comply with ”The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity[2]” from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, if they are grant recipients or apply for grants and intend to conduct their research in Denmark.
Employees on the project
The grant recipient’s institution must provide the employees on the project with a safe and healthy workplace.
In general, the grant recipient must, when conducting the research in question, minimise adverse impacts on the environment to the greatest possible extent.
This must be achieved specifically by
If the Foundation learns that a grant recipient has or may have violated the Foundation’s Standards, the claim will be submitted to the grant recipient for comment.
If a decision made by a relevant body indicates that the Foundation’s Standards have been violated, or if the Foundation otherwise deems that the Standards have been violated, the Foundation may discontinue payment during the grant period and the Foundation may require the repayment of funding already disbursed.
