Distinguished Innovator Grant – Fall 2022

The Distinguished Innovator Grant’s purpose is to accelerate commercialization of research findings and the development of novel technologies. The Distinguished Innovator Grant is aimed at senior faculty members or researchers with a proven track record within innovation, i.e., previous experience with academic innovation projects and experience with establishing patents and spinouts from academia.

Eligibility

The research project must comprise the main applicant and has the option of including co-applicant(s) when deemed relevant. Rules of eligibility are outlined in more detail below:

The Main Applicant:

• The main applicant must be a senior faculty member or researcher employed at a research institution or hospital/clinic in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden).
• It is required that the main applicant has a personal proven track record within innovation, i.e., previous experience of academic innovation projects and experience of establishing patents and spinouts from academia.
• It is required that the main applicant will act as an ambassador for innovation within academia and engage younger researchers and the surrounding innovation ecosystem.

Co-applicant(s):

• Co-applicants can be included in the project, but are not required.
• Co-applicants may come from the same hosting institution as the main applicant or from a different university, hospital, or research institution locally and abroad.

Hosting Institution:

• A Distinguished Innovator Grant must be administered by a non-profit organization.
• A Distinguished Innovator Grant cannot be given to a company.
• Projects from incubator development programs and projects where IPR is owned by a university’s holding institution are eligible to apply if:
  • The administrating institution is the university
  • The project and its findings are anchored in academia
  • The project has not resulted in the establishment of a company (the given company has not established a CVR/company number)

Project Scope:

The Distinguished Innovator project idea and focus must be directly linked to improving the lives of patients and the health of people. Applications in which the project idea is not directly linked to patients or the health of people will receive an administrative rejection during the initial screening process of applications.

Benefits

• A total of DKK 60 million is available for funding in 2022.
• Each grant can be of a maximum DKK 6 million for a period of 3 years.

Application process

Click here to apply for grants.

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