Sciencenews.dk provides news articles, videos and podcasts based on the world of science. Our goal is to create greater understanding of how research improves people’s lives and the sustainability of society. All articles and films are based on research or researchers that the Novo Nordisk Foundation has supported.
The people behind ScienceNews
Morten Busch
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE MEDIA RESPONSIBILITY ACT), JOURNALIST
Eliza Brown
JOURNALIST
Kristian Sjøgren
JOURNALIST
Sabina Askholm Larsen
JOURNALIST, PODCAST
Robin Worrall
ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND EDITING
David Breuer
ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND EDITING
Thomas Bille
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Tobias Rhode Thorell
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Anders Chanruk Larsen
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Jakob Wilms
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Matthias Nielsen
VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER
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Our vision is to contribute significantly to research and development that improves the lives of people and the sustainability of society.
Increasing our grant payouts for scientific, humanitarian and social purposes over the coming years will increase our contribution to society. Within the Foundation, we are very aware of the greater responsibility this imposes.
We have a set of principles to ensure the quality and accountability of our grants. We support and respect the freedom and independence of research. Grants are not conditional on preferential access by third parties to the research results. Researchers have full publishing freedom, and the research results based on a Foundation grant belong to the researchers and the public research institutions.
We encourage the dissemination and accessibility of new knowledge and results. Making good ideas and new knowledge accessible to as many people as possible is crucial to benefit society as a whole. Another basic principle we embed in all our grants is that we only support projects of the highest quality. Whether the applicant is well established or a young talent, the key criterion is the quality of the project. We believe that by setting high standards we will achieve results that have the maximum and sustainable impact on society.
We have a thorough selection process in which all applications are assessed by one of the Foundation’s committees or through international peer review before the Foundation decides to award a grant. Thus, we make use of independent experts who have valuable insight in the respective research fields the Foundation supports.
This ensures that the Foundation awards grants to the best projects.