Skip to content
Unclaimed
Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.
Grants

Novo Nordisk Foundation - Innovation and early commercialisation grants

Novo Nordisk Fonden - Innovation og tidlig kommercialisering

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Open-competition calls under the Foundation's Health, Sustainability and Life Science Ecosystem focus areas, including an 'Innovation and early commercialization' category. Amounts are set per call.

Funder

Novo Nordisk Foundation

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — The Foundation publishes a calendar of open competition calls each year, each with its own deadline.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Most calls require a host institution in Denmark or the Nordic region; some are open internationally.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grants/

"support for projects in open competition and for stand-alone initiatives"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: novonordiskfonden.dk

Similar programmes

BioInnovation Institute Bio Studio

Open continuously

BioInnovation Institute (funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation)

BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab

Open continuously

BioInnovation Institute (funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation)

ESA Business Incubation Centre Denmark

Open continuously

European Space Agency (ESA) with the national space agency or regional co-funder

Danish Film Institute games scheme

Open continuously

Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)

Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme

Open continuously

Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency)

Innobooster

Usually opens in January and March and May and August

Innovationsfonden

Paid, separate from Unclaimed

Want a human to review your application?

Involve Consulting can help — a paid expert-review service run by the same person behind Unclaimed, entirely separate from this free check. A flat fee, agreed up front; never a cut of what you receive.

Talk to Involve Consulting