Deadline: 14-Sep-22
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) is seeking applications for the Distinguished Innovator Grant – Fall 2022 to accelerate commercialization of research findings and development of novel technologies.
The Distinguished Innovator Grant is aimed for senior faculty members or researchers with a proven track record within innovation, ie, previous experience of academic innovation projects and experience with establishing patents and spinouts from the academia.
Areas of Support
The Distinguished Innovator Grant seeks to support research within life science, ie, medtech, industrial biotech, or pharma, and to stimulate the evaluation of ideas that may lead to the development of health technologies, medical treatments, disease prevention, diagnostic methods, devices, and technological platforms.
A particular focus for the Distinguished Innovator Grant is to provide the support needed to succeed with the project maturation, ie, support from experts within legal counsel, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Furthermore, the grant is focused on the role of the applicant as an ambassador for Innovation within academia.
Funding Information
- A total of DKK 60 million is available for funding in 2022.
- Each grant can be of maximum DKK 6 million for a period of 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The research project must comprise a main applicant and has the option of including co-applicant(s) when deemed relevant.
- The Main Applicant:
- The main applicant must be a senior faculty member or researcher employed at a research institution or hospital/clinic in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden).
- It is required that the main applicant has a personal proven track record within innovation, ie, previous experience of academic innovation projects and experience of establishing patents and spinouts from the academia.
- It is required that the main applicant will act as an ambassador for innovation within academia and engage younger researchers and the surrounding innovation ecosystem.
- Co-applicant(s):
- Co-applicants can be included in the project, but not required.
- Co-applicants may come from the same hosting institution as the main applicant or from a different university, hospitals, or research institutions locally and abroad.
- Hosting institution:
- A Distinguished Innovator Grant must be administered by a non-profit organization.
- A Distinguished Innovator Grant cannot be given to a company.
- Projects from incubator development programs and projects where IPR is owned by a university’s holding institution, are eligible to apply if:
- The administering institution is the university
- The project and its findings are anchored in academia
- The project has not resulted in the establishment of a company (given company has not established a CVR/company number).
For more information, visit https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/distinguished-innovator-grant-fall-2022/