All Grants
We annually grant more than 500 million DKK to Danish health care sciences conducted in public institutes. We give grants to biomedical and health science research, both basic research and clinically applied research as well as epidemiological research.
Find specific information about each of our grant recipients and prize winners.
| Year | Category | Applicant | Title | Amount | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Talent Prize | Mark Khurana Physician, PhD student  University of Copenhagen            | 
                                                                                        Kriseberedskab: Mark er med til at gøre Danmark klar til næste pandemi | 300.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Talent Prize | Rune Häckert Christensen Physician, PhD student  Danish Headache Center, Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        Hovedpine: Rune vil finde de basale mekanismer bag hovedpinesygdomme | 300.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Talent Prize | Mohamed Attauabi Physician, PhD and postdoc  Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Herlev Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Inflammatoriske tarmsygdomme: Mohamed vil forudsige patienternes sygdomsforløb | 300.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Talent Prize | Stine Johansen Physician  FLASH – Center for Liver Research, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Alkoholrelateret leversygdom: Stine vil opspore patienterne tidligt | 300.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Talent Prize | Adelina Yafasova Physician, PhD student  Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        Hjerte-kar-sygdomme: Adelina tænker på tværs af flere sygdomme | 300.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | The Brain Prize | Frank Winkler Professor for Neuro-Oncology  Heidelberg University            | 
                                                                                        Cancer Neuroscience | 5.000.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | The Brain Prize | Michelle Monje Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology  Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator            | 
                                                                                        Cancer Neuroscience | 5.000.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Young Investigator Prize | Anton Pottegård Pharmacist, ph.d., dr.med.   Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Farmakologi: Anton vil lære os at bruge medicin bedre | 1.000.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Fulvio Reggiori Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        2026 EMBO workshop on Autophagy: Foundations, Functions and Physiology | 100.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Hakon Heimer Senior researcher MSc  Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        NSHG-PM 2025: AI, Data, and Nordic Healthcare | 150.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Anders D. Børglum Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        2nd International Moesgaard Conference on Personalised Medicine | 75.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | SEC - Science Engagement & Communication | Jonas Landin Chief Editor  Radioteket            | 
                                                                                        Krøllede Hjerner - Sæson 2 - Podcastserie om børne- og ungdomspsykiatriske forstyrrelser | 1.150.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Fulvio Reggiori Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        2026 EMBO workshop on Autophagy: Foundations, Functions and Physiology | 100.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Hakon Heimer Senior researcher MSc  Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        NSHG-PM 2025: AI, Data, and Nordic Healthcare | 150.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Larger International Meetings and Conferences, Visiting Professorships | Anders D. Børglum Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        2nd International Moesgaard Conference on Personalised Medicine | 75.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Christopher Rohde Postdoc  Aarhus University Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Effectiveness of psychopharmacological treatment in bipolar disorder | 1.796.868 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Cecilie Siggaard Jørgensen Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Individualized treatment of nocturnal enuresis | 2.085.796 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Sara Witting Christensen Wen Postdoc  Hospital Lillebaelt            | 
                                                                                        Lung cancer pre-screening in general practice | 1.067.457 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Martin Korsbak Madsen Postdoc  Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        Human brain 5-HT2AR levels and functional connectivity in stimulated, blocked, and resting states | 1.122.800 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Martin Kaag Rasmussen Postdoc  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        Screening of pain provoking proteins in an idiopathic intracranial hypertension translational model | 2.499.920 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Oskar Jefsen Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        The development of auditory circuit dysfunction in schizophrenia | 2.500.000 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Dorthe Maria Vittrup Early-Career Clinician Scientist  Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        Duration of immunity after early Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR)-vaccination | 2.499.293 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Li Juel Mortensen Postdoc  Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        Bone markers in serum as novel biomarker of normal and disordered growth in children and adolescents | 1.799.375 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Sebastian Buhl Rasmussen Postdoc  Odense University Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Chronic Kidney Disease awareness and prevention in cardiac surgery patients | 1.249.327 DKK | 
| 2025 | Early-Career Clinician Scientists | Mathias Brejnebøl Postdoc  Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Investigations into automated vetting of referrals for radiologic imaging | 1.335.000 DKK |