Novo Nordisk Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Pioneer Innovator Grant Programme 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Novo Nordisk Foundation Pioneer Innovator Grant Programme
The purpose of the Pioneer Innovator Grant Sustainability & Health is to accelerate the commercialisation of research findings and the development of novel technologies within sustainability or health. Both areas of the Pioneer Innovator Grants seek to support novel academic science-based discoveries with commercial potential. The grant aims to stimulate the evaluation of ideas and to support experiments and activities leading to proof-of-concept or beyond.
Benefits of Novo Nordisk Foundation Pioneer Innovator Grant Programme
- Each Pioneer Innovator Grant can be of maximum DKK 1.2 million for a period of 1 year.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Pioneer Innovator Grant Programme Requirements
The research project must comprise a main applicant and has the option of including co-applicants when deemed relevant.
The Main Applicant:
- 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 (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden).
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 different university, hospitals, or research institutions locally and abroad.
Hosting Institution:
- A Pioneer Innovator Grant must be administered by a non-profit organization.
- A Pioneer 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 administrating 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)
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
05 March, 2026
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