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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Experiment | Jannick Prentø Associate professor  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        High-Resolution Blood-Brain-Barrier Structures by Claudin-Occludin Integration into Large Nanodiscs | 1.999.863 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Daniel Jercog Assistant Professor  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        Cracking the neural code of transforming thoughts into actions | 2.000.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Anne Louise Askou Associate Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        VISION: Vetting the impact of Sortilin In Ocular Neovascularization | 1.999.483 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Yong Liu Postdoc  Technical University of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Photonic neural probe based on integrated optical phased array | 1.999.906 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Mikael Novén Postdoc  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        The Inferior Frontal Gyrus’ Role in Learning the Probabilistic Structure of Sound | 1.993.705 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Magdalena Dubik Postdoc  University of Southern Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Beyond bacteria – Are Commensal Gut Protozoa Key Modulators of Brain Health? | 1.999.800 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Jonas Folke Postdoc  Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Breaking the code of blood-based alpha-synuclein seeding amplification | 1.885.982 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Gilles Vanwalleghem Assistant Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Neuroimmune Memory: Mapping and Manipulating Inflammation in the Brain-Body Axis | 1.996.717 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Bo Porse Clinical Professor  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        A human cell culture model for the assessment and targeting of CAG repeat length expansion in Huntington's Disease | 1.999.996 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Sanne Simone Kaalund Senior researcher  Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Kan vi forhindre aflejring af Tau proteiner? | 2.000.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Mark Denham Associate Professor  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Developing Novel Unipotent Stem Cells as a Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease | 2.000.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Kim Rewitz Professor  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        Reappraisal of the gut-brain axis: Linking gut health to brain function via blood-brain barrier glia | 1.956.356 DKK | 
| 2024 | Experiment | Janko Katjez Postdoc  University of Copenhagen             | 
                                                                                        Stem cell-derived human choroid plexus for high-throughput brain barrier permeability studies | 2.000.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Kristoffer Højgaard PhD Fellow  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Opto- and Chemi-Knock: New Tools for Rapid Blockade of Protein Function during Memory Consolidation | 2.493.260 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Clara Albiñana Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        MOOD-MD: Integrating multi-omic data to advance the biological understanding of mental disorders | 2.192.592 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Cassis Varlow Postdoc  Rigshospitalet            | 
                                                                                        PET Radiotracer Development for the BDNF Signaling Pathway | 2.450.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Sophie Hertel Postdoc  Technical University of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Understanding nucleic-acid modulation of protein condensates in neurodegenerative diseases | 2.395.389 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Francisca Pinheiro Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Targeting peptide drugs based on the activity state of synapses | 2.399.969 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Ane Amundarain Iraola Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        ARS2-controlled transcriptional regulation during neuronal differentiation | 2.400.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Stefano Cerri Postdoc  Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        Beyond Point Estimates: Exploring Cortical Thickness Uncertainty from Clinical Psychiatric MRI Scans | 2.374.300 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Silvia Turchetto Postdoc  Aarhus University            | 
                                                                                        Dysfunction of Synaptic Ubiquitin Signaling in Schizophrenia. | 2.399.967 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Mikkel Malling Beck Postdoc  Amager and Hvidovre Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Stimulating deep – new insights into human motor inhibition (STIM-DEEP) | 2.500.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Christopher Chamberlain Postdoc  Herlev Hospital            | 
                                                                                        Deciphering T-cell reactivity and regulation in glioblastoma to improve immunotherapy | 2.400.000 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Trinh Trung Duong Nguyen Postdoc  University of Copenhagen            | 
                                                                                        A novel pipeline for drug repurposing, applied to neurological diseases | 2.399.467 DKK | 
| 2024 | Postdocs | Sonsoles Alonso Martinez Postdoc  Technical University of Denmark            | 
                                                                                        PreSeizAlert: Development of a Real-time EEG-based Epileptic Seizure Prediction Device | 2.382.589 DKK |