Emerging Investigator grants for research within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology 2027 – Nordic Region
Emerging Investigator grants for research within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology 2027 – Nordic Region support emerging leaders' fundamental research for sustainable agriculture and food production.
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Funder: Novo Nordisk Foundation
Due Dates: January 13, 2027, 2:00 p.m. CET (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to DKK 12.50 million over 5 years; total call budget up to DKK 25 million
Summary: Supports emerging research leaders establishing independent groups in fundamental plant, agriculture and food biotechnology research for sustainability.
Key Information: Applicants worldwide may apply, but the host must be a university or nonprofit research institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
Description
The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Emerging Investigator grants help promising research leaders establish independent research groups or strengthen recently started groups. The programme supports fundamental life science research addressing major challenges in sustainable agriculture and food production. Projects should extend knowledge beyond the state of the art, present a clear strategic outlook toward sustainability and potential solutions, and may involve high-risk research.
Supported areas include plants and microorganisms for food, fibre, materials or climate mitigation; resource-efficient agricultural, food and forestry systems; microbial communities for circular economies; and food components from plants, microbes, insects and cellular agriculture. Research may address food-matrix interactions or develop methods, technologies, models and algorithms. Agriculture includes terrestrial plant cultivation, forestry and controlled-environment agriculture.
