Purpose
With the overall aim of catalysing Danish fundamental research impacting better health through knowledge, the purpose of the ‘Hallas-Møller Ascending Investigator – Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine’ grant is to support the continued development of excellent research leaders and promote and consolidate accomplished associate professors who propose to undertake novel and ambitious projects that will bring new and important insight into life and health.
Areas of support
The overall goal is to support fundamental research in bioscience and basic biomedicine relevant for understanding the human organism and/or basal mechanisms underlying health and disease. The research fields include, but are not limited to: molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics, modelling of biological systems, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, experimental physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, biology, and biostatistics etc. The research will typically be carried out in animals, cellular or subcellular model systems, or in silico.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation offers mutually exclusive calls within the areas listed below. It is the responsibility of the applicant to apply within the call that is the most appropriate to
her/his project proposal:
• Endocrinology and metabolism
• Clinical and translational medicine (for clinicians)
• Industrial and environmental biotechnology
• Plant science, agriculture and food biotechnology
• Natural and technical sciences (NERD and RECRUIT)
Read more about the Research Leader Programme and the previous grant recipients at: researchleaderprogramme.com
