The aim of Lundbeckfonden’s grant allocation activities is to further research of the highest international standard, primarily in biomedical sciences. Projects in natural sciences that have a distinct biomedical focus and research content belong to this category.
We also grant funding for projects in science education and communication.
Deadline 20 September 1 pm 2019
June 2019
The purpose of the Lundbeck Foundation Fellows programme is to support highly promising young researchers in their efforts to establish an independent profile and research group. With these grants, we aim to support some of tomorrow’s most important contributors to research breakthroughs, significantly impacting research and society.
The proposed research must be within the fields of biomedical, clinical or health science, or must facilitate research within these fields.
You can apply for DKK 10 million for a period of five years.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system.
Deadline 1 September 1 pm 2019
Announcement: March 2020
The Brain Prize 10 million DKK (approx. 1,3 million €) is a personal research prize awarded annually by the Lundbeck Foundation. The Brain Prize is awarded to one or more scientists, who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding contribution to neuroscience and who are still active in research. The Brain Prize recognises highly original and influential advances in any area of brain research, defined as research on any aspects of the brain and the nervous system in health and disease. It is a broad research field, encompassing a wide range of disciplines from basic neuroscience to applied clinical research aimed at producing new scientific knowledge on aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of diseases affecting the brain and the nervous system. If several researchers have contributed significantly to this achievement, more than one individual may be nominated. Nominees can be of any nationality. Only nominated candidates will be considered by the Selection Committee. The rewarded research must – in an international perspective – be outstanding. It is the task of the Selection Committee to decide in each individual case, what characterizes the research as outstanding and therefore deserves the prize. Prize winners are expected to interact with Danish brain researchers e.g. through lectures, conferences, site-visits or other activities agreed with and financially supported by the Lundbeck Foundation.
NominateDeadline 15 August 1 pm 2019
December 2019
Lundbeck Foundation’s vision is to create better lives through new knowledge. We wish our grants to make a significant contribution to increasing research-based knowledge and experience in the field of biomedical and health sciences in Denmark. At the same time, our grants must help ensure that Denmark always has the best graduates and scientists at all career levels in these fields. Lundbeck Foundation believes that diversity strengthens science and for this reason diversity, including, but not limited to, gender and ethnic origin, is encouraged. It is therefore important that we receive applications from as many qualified scientists as possible, from all backgrounds.
The purpose of this grant instrument is to support extraordinary research ideas that challenge the norms and prevailing ideas within the fields of biomedical, clinical or health science. We are seeking unique, high-risk ideas which may have a limited chance of succeeding but which have great potential to transform our understanding of an important research field if they do.
You can apply for up to DKK 2 million for a period of up to two years.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system.
Deadline 29 August 1 pm 2019
Approx. 4 months after deadline
Lundbeckfonden announces a new partnership with NIH, formalized by a letter of agreement. Both Lundbeckfonden and NIH believe that the ambitious goals of the BRAIN Initiative can best be attained by collaboration across disciplinary boundaries as well as geographic boundaries. The new partnership will allow researchers at Danish institutions to join ongoing as well as new BRAIN Initiative projects.
Supplemental Funding
Researchers at Danish institutions who are interested in participating in NIH BRAIN Initiative funded projects should contact the principal investigator of the NIH award to inquire if there is mutual interest in collaboration. If this is the case, a PI from a Danish institution can contact Lundbeckfonden for advice on how to apply for funding of the part of the project that will be performed in Denmark.
Matching Funding
In most of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Funding Opportunity Announcements, institutions outside the USA can participate either by submitting applications directly or as subcontractors in an application from an US institution. Researchers at Danish institutions who submit applications in either role in NIH BRAIN Initiative awards should contact Lundbeckfonden as the application is submitted to NIH if they are interested in having the award potentially co-funded by NIH BRAIN Initiative and Lundbeckfonden.
For more information, please contact Lars Torup, Programme Manager by email: application@lundbeckfonden.dk. Subject line: NIH BRAIN Initiative
Deadline 6 November 1 pm 2019
March 2020
March 2019
The Lundbeck Foundation awards Postdoctoral fellowships for free and independent biomedical, clinical and health sciences research of the highest standard.
The term ‘biomedical and health science’ is used here in its broadest sense, since there are many adjacent fields of research which, traditionally, belong to other classical faculties (particularly natural science and technical science) but, to an increasing extent, help steer the field of biomedicine towards new breakthroughs in knowledge and treatment. Consequently, research in technical and natural sciences with subject matter that addresses biomedical and health issues is treated as biomedical and health science research.
The Foundation encourages and supports international collaboration between researchers through the sharing of experience and ideas and therefore prioritises support for postdocs who wish to spend part or most of their time in international research groups.
You can apply for grants for two to three years.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system.
Deadline 1 pm on 6 January 2020
The purpose of Lundbeck Foundation Collaborative Projects is to develop and support the Danish research environment within neuroscience. We welcome you to propose scientific issues which can only be resolved through integrated, interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts. With this programme we aim to create synergy between neuroscience and other research fields or between different subfields of neuroscience. The ambition is to foster collaborations that will significantly impact neuroscience and have potential implications for human health. The grants are intended to add significant value to the existing research environments.
The research should be related to basic or clinical neuroscience, or science with clear relevance to neuroscience. The term ‘neuroscience’ is used here in its broadest sense, and thus includes medical, technical, natural and social sciences as well as humanities. In rare cases, and only after dialogue with the applicant, the Foundation will accept applications from outside the field of neuroscience.
You can apply for up to DKK 60 million for a period of five years.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system.
Applications can be submitted continuously
Within 6 weeks
Danish biomedical research groups can apply for funding to attract foreign guest researchers at the professor level to Denmark for 2-6 months.
Lundbeckfonden will fund each Visiting Professorship with max. DKK 750,000. The duration of the stay in Denmark must be between 2-6 months and stays of shorter or longer duration will not be considered. Lundbeckfonden encourages you as the host to clarify salary and relevant conditions for the visiting professor, specifically tax regulations, in collaboration with your institution before submitting your application.
The application must include an explanation of the visiting professor’s scientific qualifications including a CV and publication list, research plan for the stay in Denmark, budget and justification of how he/she will strengthen research at the applying institution/department.
The application form should be filled out by biomedical research leaders at Danish universities/university hospitals and submitted via the Foundation’s electronic application system. Applications will be processed within 3-4 weeks.
Please address any questions to: application@lundbeckfonden.com
Applications can be submitted continuously
Within 6 weeks
Lundbeckfonden awards stipends for sabbatical leave for Danish-based researchers in clinical, translational and basic biomedical sciences with a minimum 5-year tenure at the same Danish university, university hospital or other research institution as associate professor, consultant, senior researcher or professor. The aim of the stipend is to ensure that research directors are able to focus fully on their research during a consecutive period of secondment at a foreign institution.
Lundbeckfonden funds each stipend with a maximum of DKK 500,000. The secondment abroad must be for a duration of two to six months, as secondments of shorter or longer duration will not be subsidised.
The application must include a description of the applicant’s scientific qualifications, including a CV and list of publications, a research plan for the secondment abroad, a budget and a statement explaining how the sabbatical may help strengthen the research at the applicant’s Danish institution/department. The applicant must be able to be released from his or her duties (teaching, clinic, laboratory work, etc., but not PhD supervision) during the period. The application must include a statement by the applicant’s superior on the terms of the sabbatical leave and an acceptance by the institution to be visited.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system and applications will be processed within 3-4 weeks.
Please address any questions to: application@lundbeckfonden.com
Applications can be submitted continuously
Within 3-4 month
Lundbeckfonden places a high priority on active participation in focused meetings and conferences outside Denmark. Applications will only be accepted when sent before the event has taken place. They should include a recommendation from a senior scientist, as well as documentation that entries/abstracts have been received by the organizers of the meeting.
Applications cannot be made for more than DKK 50.000,-
Ph.D. students’ travel expenses are included in the Ph.D. tuition fees. Consequently, applications for grants to cover Ph.D. students’ travel expenses to conferences should justify this.
Support from the Foundation for the post graduate education of nurses, midwives and therapeutic assistants and research candidates by these groups are applied for and awarded via the Danish University Hospitals’ Centre for Nursing and Healthcare Research: www.ucsf.dk.
Applications can be submitted continuously
Within 6 weeks
In order to encourage collaboration and exchange of ideas and resources between Danish researchers and their international peers, Lundbeck Foundation supports international scientific meetings and conferences, held in Denmark, primarily when Danish scientific societies have won the right to organise such meetings.
Opens February 2020
October 2019
Lundbeck Foundation’s vision is to create better lives through new knowledge. We wish our grants to make a significant contribution to increasing research-based knowledge and experience in the field of biomedical and health sciences in Denmark. At the same time, our grants must help ensure that Denmark always has the best graduates and scientists at all career levels in these fields. Lundbeck Foundation believes that diversity strengthens science and for this reason diversity, including, but not limited to, gender and ethnic origin, is encouraged. It is therefore important that we receive applications from as many qualified scientists as possible, from all backgrounds.
The purpose of this grant instrument is to support established and talented biomedical scientists at Danish non-commercial research institutions and to further develop their careers and potentially make a significant contribution to biomedical science.
We expect you to be an experienced researcher and to have already established your own research field and demonstrated the ability to conduct original research at a high international level, typically an associate professor on the permanent staff at a university or an equivalent post at a university hospital in Denmark (klinisk lektor / forskningslektor / seniorforsker). Researchers should have a track record of significant and excellent research achievements over the past five to ten years and must have obtained their PhD no more than 15 years ago (rules for leave of absence apply – se Call text). We welcome applications from Danish-based researchers and researchers from abroad who wish to move to Denmark and continue their research here.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system
Opens April 2020
October 2019
Upon establishing the Young Investigator Prize in 2001 for a particularly promising scientist under the age of 40, the Foundation’s Research and Prize Committee noted that a large number of nominated researchers that were under the age of 30, already had made remarkable research contributions. Consequently, the Board of Trustees decided to award talent prizes to up to three particularly talented young scientists under the age of 30. The LF Talent Prize was inaugurated in 2002.
The LF Talent Prize is dedicated to scientists under the age of 30, who have conducted particularly promising research within biomedical sciences. The recipients must be conducting research at a Danish research institution at the time of the award. The prize is DKK 500.000. The amount is split between a personal prize of DKK 150,000 and DKK 350.000 towards research activities.
Nominations are accepted from leading scientists at Danish universities or other research institutions. Hence the prize cannot be applied for by the nominee. Previous nominees may be re-nominated as long as they still meet the criteria.
The Research and Prize Committee selects the recipient.
Previous recipients of the LF Talent Prize.
NominateOpens April 2020
October 2019
The LF Young Investigator prize is awarded once a year to a particularly promising scientist under the age of 40, who has conducted outstanding research within biomedical sciences. The prize was established in 2001. The recipient must be conducting research at a Danish research institution at the time of the award. The prize is DKK 1.000.000. The amount is split between a personal prize of DKK 300,000 and DKK 700.00 towards research activities.
Nominations are accepted from leading scientists at Danish universities or other research institutions. Hence the prize cannot be applied for by the nominee. Previous nominees may be re-nominated as long as they still meet the criteria.
The Research and Prize Committee selects the recipient.
Previous recipients of LF Young Investigator Prize.
NominateOpens October 2020
November 2019
Lundbeck Foundation’s vision is to create better lives through new knowledge. We wish our grants to make a significant contribution to increasing research-based knowledge and experience in the field of biomedical and health sciences in Denmark. At the same time, our grants must help ensure that Denmark always has the best graduates and scientists at all career levels in these fields. Lundbeck Foundation believes that diversity strengthens science and for this reason diversity, including, but not limited to, gender and ethnic origin, is encouraged. It is therefore important that we receive applications from as many qualified scientists as possible, from all backgrounds.
The purpose of the Lundbeck Foundation professorship programme is to support the development of a research environment centred on an internationally recognised scientist and research leader in order to advance ground-breaking research. We expect the Lundbeck Foundation Professor to make significant contributions to research and, at the same time, develop and mentor junior researchers.
We expect you to be a researcher qualified to the level of full professor and to have demonstrated excellent research leadership. We welcome internationally recognised researchers with a track record of significant and excellent achievements over the past ten years.
You apply via the Foundation’s application system.
Please see the call text
Please see the call text
Lundbeckfonden’s pre-graduate scholarships are granted via the following scientific societies:
Dansk psykiatrisk selskab has via Professor Merete Nordentoft (merete.nordentoft@regionh.dk) been awarded 15 of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found on www.dpsnet.dk and phd-psychiatry.ku.dk
Dansk neurologisk selskab has via Consultant Mads Ravnborg been awarded ten of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found on www.neuro.dk
Neurokirurgisk selskab has via Professor Jens Christian Hedemann Sørensen been awarded three of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found on www.DNKS.dk
Dansk selskab for klinisk neurofysiologi has via Consultant Benedikte Wanscher been awarded three of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found at www.DNKS.dk
Drug Research Academy has via Professor Hans Bräuner-Osborne been awarded three of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found at www.dra.ku.dk
The research field within general practice has via Professor Martin Bach Jensen been awarded five of Lundbeckfonden scholarships – information about the application procedure and deadlines can be found at www.almenmedicin.aau.dk
The Danish-American Research Exchange (DARE) programme offers a unique opportunity for Danish medical students to pursue careers in clinical research. The Collaboration brings Danish medical students to the San Francisco Bay Area for 10 months, where they are mentored by internationally recognized researchers at Stanford University and University of California. The programme also offers an opportunity to get acquainted with bio-entrepenuership. Please see more information about the application procedure and deadlines at https://www.darefellowship.com/
Under revision
We have decided to give this funding instrument a strategic review.
This means that we do not currently accept new applications or expressions of interests.
We expect to announce a description of the revised strategy during the first six months of 2019 including what types of projects we will support in the future.
