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Committee on Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme 2025 – The NNF grand AI Challenge

The Committee executes the Foundation Board’s decision to award Challenge Programme grants, supporting research within annually selected themes.

In 2025 the theme is: The NNF Grand AI Challenge. 

The Challenge is to develop and deploy AI which can be transformative in addressing some of the most critical global challenges impacting society in healthcare, sustainability, and the life sciences.

The Board has allocated a total budget of DKK 360 million for the 2025 Challenge Programme, offering large grants of DKK 30-60 million each.

The Board appoints committee members from among international experts in the annual research theme, in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the Committee are listed below.

Concha Bielza

Chair

Professor, Technical University of Madrid

Andreas Bender

Member

Professor, University of Cambridge

Carlos Sierra

Member

Professor, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Effy Vayena

Member

Professor, ETH Zurich

Maria Natália Cordeiro

Member

Professor, University of Porto

Mark A. J. Huijbregts

Member

Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen

Nicholas Watson

Member

Professor, University of Leeds