Tag Archive for: Novo Nordisk Foundation

Women in Life Science Denmark (WiLD) expands mentoring program to support next generation of female leaders in life sciences

Third cohort of cross-organizational, high-level mentorship program to commence in November 2025 Continued support from the Lundbeck Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation WiLD celebrates its third anniversary with 250+ members in Denmark 28 October 2025, Denmark: Women in Life Science Denmark (WiLD) today announces that it is launching the third cohort of its successful […]

EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Acquire the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer  

EIFO, the export and investment fund of Denmark, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, an independent Danish enterprise foundation, are investing €80 million in the establishment of a new Nordic quantum initiative, QuNorth, to advance the region’s technological development. Microsoft and Atom Computing will bring to QuNorth the world’s most powerful quantum computer and the first […]

Challenge accepted: New funding for ambitious projects within biomanufacturing, cardiometabolic diseases, and artificial intelligence

The 2025 Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme awards DKK 479 million to nine innovative projects that advance health and sustainability through cooperation between researchers from all over the globe, including Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Australia, and the USA. Read more…

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by Professor Dek Woolfson, a new Center for Protein Design (CPD) at the University of Copenhagen has ambitions to match this potential. […]

Novo Nordisk Foundation enters into strategic framework agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to advance global health

With the agreement, the Foundation expands its existing collaboration with WHO, committing to a granting frame of up to DKK 380 million over the next four years. At the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the Novo Nordisk Foundation has pledged up to DKK 380 million to the WHO for the period 2025-2028. The Foundation […]