Lundbeck Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation Body-Brain Interdisciplinary Projects
Supports interdisciplinary research bridging neuroscience and cardiometabolic fields to uncover how brain-body interactions influence health and disease.
Funder: Lundbeck Foundation
Due Dates: April 16, 2026 (Expression of Interest) | August 13, 2026 (Full application, by invitation)
Funding Amounts: DKK 15–20 million per project for up to 5 years; 5–6 grants expected.
Summary: Supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research advancing mechanistic understanding of body-brain interactions, especially linking neuroscience and cardiometabolic research.
Description
This funding opportunity, jointly offered by the Lundbeck Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation, supports ambitious, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research projects that seek to unravel the mechanistic links between the brain and the body in health and disease. The initiative is specifically focused on bridging the fields of neuroscience and cardiometabolic research, encouraging projects that address critical knowledge gaps and can lead to improved diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of interconnected conditions such as cardiovascular, metabolic, and nervous system disorders. Projects must demonstrate genuine interdisciplinarity and collaboration, integrating expertise from multiple fields (e.g., endocrinology, physiology, neurology, psychiatry, epidemiology, immunology, nutrition) to address questions that cannot be solved within a single discipline.
