Grants & prizes
We grant a minimum of DKK 500 million each year to Danish public research
Our grants go primarily to biomedical and health science research – both basic and clinical applied research as well as epidemiological research – focusing mainly on the brain.
What we have funded
In 2024, the Lundbeck Foundation allocated a total of DKK 1.074 billion to biomedical sciences research, spread across 186 grants. This was equivalent to the salaries of 947 full-time researchers in Denmark.
Our grants go primarily to biomedical and health science research – both basic and clinical applied research as well as epidemiological research – focusing mainly on the brain.
News about grants and prizes
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The Brain Prize 2025Two pioneering scientists are awarded The Brain Prize 2025 for their discoveries that open up an entirely new way of thinking about and understanding these lethal diseases, and the potential strategies to treat them.
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Experiments 2024There are plenty of innovative researchers in Denmark. Thirty of them have received a 2024 Lundbeck Foundation Experiment grant to test wild ideas in neuroscience that challenge traditional notions.
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Young Investigator & Talent Prize 2024The Talent Prizes and Young Investigator Prize for this year have been awarded to six young health science researchers at Danish hospitals and universities.
