The Pioneer Innovator Grant Health seeks to support innovative research within med-tech, industrial biotech, or pharma. The grant aims to stimulate the evaluation of ideas and to support experiments and activities leading to proof-of-concept or beyond.
Furthermore, the intent is to stimulate the evaluation of ideas that for example could lead to the development of new medical treatment, disease prevention, diagnostic methods as well as new health technologies, devices and technological platforms. Particular focus will be placed on projects covering cardiometabolic diseases as well as infectious diseases and preventive solutions hereto.
Eligibility
The main applicant must be a faculty member, a researcher or a student employed at a university, hospital, or other research institution in the Nordic countries.
Funding
Each granted project can receive a grant of up to DKK 1.1M for one year.
Funding can not be used for the salary of the main applicant or any co-applicants, as well as overhead. Administrative support may account for a maximum of 5% of the total budget and must be included therein.
Further Information:
Please see the application guidelines.
Contact
Pål Fernvall, pfe@novo.dk
Charlotte Schöller, cgs@novo.dk
Signe Daugbjerg, sbd@novo.dk