Deadline: 24-Nov-2025
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Technical Science Teachers at Universities seeks to recognize and honour teams of teachers who have made an outstanding effort to educate and qualify the country’s technical science students at universities and serve as an example that inspires at international level.
The purpose of the prize is to recognize and highlight a team of teachers (two or three teachers) who have collectively made an outstanding effort to educate and qualify the country’s Technical Sciences students at universities and have set an example which inspires at international level.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize for Technical Science Teachers at Universities is aimed at committed and talented teachers who are full-time permanent employees at the associate professor level or higher, or on a tenure-track at the assistant professor level, and who teach Technical Sciences subjects in Technical Sciences educational programmes in the Danish Realm. The prize is awarded annually. It consists of a sum of DKK 1,500,000, including a personal honorarium of DKK 25,000 for each educator, with the remainder allocated to the university as an educational funding grant to be used by the team for the development of Technical Sciences teaching (e.g., purchase of experimental equipment, upgrading of teaching facilities, development projects, inspiration trips to other universities, etc.).
The prize is awarded to teams of two or three teachers upon nomination by the pro-rector (or pro-dean on behalf of the pro-rector) for education; students and colleagues are encouraged to propose candidates to the pro-dean or pro-rector, who can then nominate via the link provided in the application information. Only one team of teachers can be nominated from the same university, and previously nominated teams that did not receive the prize will be automatically re-nominated for the following year (one-time re-nomination), unless the teachers are no longer employed at the university. The Committee on the Novo Nordisk Foundation Teaching Prizes selects the successful nominee for the prize.
The prizes are presented at the recipient’s university celebration or at the annual teaching symposium at the university. The announcement of the prize is also published in Science magazine, together with a two-page advertorial where the Foundation’s motivation for awarding and the winners’ description of their achievements and ambitions regarding teaching that led to the award are described. Application closes on 24 November 2025.
For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation.
