The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) is seeking applications for its Emerging Investigator grants for research within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology 2023.
Purpose
The Novo Nordisk Foundation wishes to make significant contributions to the sustainability of society and the environment. The Emerging Investigator grants support upcoming and highly promising research leaders within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology in the Nordic countries. The intention of the grant is to enable excellent scientists to establish their own research group or to further strengthen their recently started group.
The proposed research should address major challenges within industrial biotechnology or environmental biotechnology. There should be a clear and strategic outlook to improve sustainability and provide high-impact solutions at a large scale.
Topics
The proposed research must involve a clear element of biotechnology, and the research projects should preferably include one or more of the following topics:
Use or engineering of biological/biotechnological tools, systems or microorganisms for synthesis and production of valuable products (e.g. energy, fuels, chemicals, proteins, and materials)
Development of technologies and processes for bioproduction
Improvement of the efficiency and/or sustainability of biomanufacturing
Use or engineering of biological/biotechnological tools, systems, or microorganisms to protect or improve the environment
Understanding, protection, or manipulation of natural or industrial ecosystems in relation to application of biotechnology
Data science to advance research within industrial or environmental biotechnology, including related ecosystems research
Please note that proposals focusing on plant science, agriculture and food biotechnology should be submitted to the Novo Nordisk Foundation Committee on Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology, while proposals with a focus on pharmaceuticals and therapeutics should be submitted to the Novo Nordisk Foundation Committee on Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine.
Funding Information
Grants can support research activities for a total budget of up to DKK 10 million over a 5-year grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
Researchers from across the world at the level of senior postdoc, senior researcher, assistant professor, or recent associate professor (or any level equivalent to one of these positions) with the academic potential to establish an independent research program at a university or other non-profit research institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden are eligible to apply for the Emerging Investigator grant.
