Clinical Distinguished Investigator
Supports 5-year, high-impact clinical and translational research projects in Denmark led by established clinical professors, advancing patient health and medical science.
Funder: Novo Nordisk Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027
Funding Amounts: Up to DKK 11 million per grant (5-year projects); typically 1–2 awards per cycle.
Summary: Supports 5-year clinical and translational medicine research projects led by established clinical professors at Danish institutions, with direct relevance to patient health.
Key Information: Forecasted call; eligibility restricted to clinical professors with ongoing clinical duties.
Description
This grant supports outstanding clinically active research leaders at the professor level to conduct ambitious, patient-relevant clinical and translational research in Denmark. Projects must be anchored at a Danish university, hospital, or non-profit research institution and are intended to advance medical research with direct impact on patients and human health. Supported fields include disease mechanisms, treatment methods, epidemiology, diagnostics, public health, intervention studies, register-based research, proof-of-concept studies, pilot projects, clinical trials, and biomedicine. The program is part of the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Research Leader Programme and aims to strengthen Danish clinical research at the highest international level.
