Novo Nordisk Foundation grants €134.1 million to establish the Biotechnology Research Institute for the Green Transition (BRIGHT) in Denmark

A new comprehensive initiative at the Technical University of Denmark aims to accelerate the development of biosolutions and strengthen the bio-based economy. The Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting the initiative with up to DKK 1.05 billion (€134.1 million).

Our daily lives are full of products and processes based on fossil materials or created using fossil energy sources such as oil and gas. To make significant progress in the green transition, we need to become much better at harnessing the power of bioproduction – biologically based production solutions, also known as biosolutions, which can replace fossil energy sources and materials.