The Committee implements the Board of the Foundation’s grant decision to award visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships with the partner institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, Stanford Bio-X and Weizmann Institute of Science, and the grants for the Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme and the Explorative Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme, that supports novel, cross-disciplinary, high-risk/high-gain research initiatives.
The Board has established an annual grant budget of DKK 157 million for support of Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships at the four prestigious institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Bio-X, University of Oxford and Weizmann Institute of Science (DKK 32 million), and up to five Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme grants, each of up to DKK 15 million and up to ten Explorative Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme grants, each of up to DKK 5 million.
The Committee members are appointed by the Board in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.
The current members of the Committee are listed below.
