Deadline: 24 June 2025
The Lundbeck Foundation is seeking applications for its Young Investigator Prize to celebrate young scientists who have contributed significantly to the advancement of science resulting in a better understanding, or improvement, of health and biomedical sciences in the broadest sense.
Nominations of candidates working along the whole research value chain, from basic to clinical, are encouraged.
Funding Information
- The prize is DKK 1,000,000. The amount is split between a personal prize of DKK 300,000 and DKK 700,000 for the prize winner’s research activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominations are accepted from leading scientists (group leaders) at Danish universities, hospitals, or other research institutions. A candidate cannot self-nominate.
- Diversity is important to The Lundbeck Foundation. Therefore, they encourage the nominators to be aware of all talents. Individual research institutions and units are encouraged to nominate more than one candidate, where they strongly encourage and expect diversity among the nominees.
- Scientists under 40 (the nomination deadline is the cut-off date). Note rules for leave of absence apply.
- The nominee must be working with scientific research that contributes to a better understanding or improvement of health and biomedical sciences in the broadest sense. Nominations of candidates working along the whole research value chain, from basic to clinical, are encouraged. The bulk of the research described in the nomination should be conducted in Denmark.
- The recipient of the LF Young Investigator Prize must be conducting research at a Danish research institution at the time of the award. Previous nominees may be re-nominated if they still meet the criteria.
Application Requirements
- A statement (max 5000 characters) describing the impact of the nominee’s talent and the nominee’s main scientific contributions to her/his field and potential societal impact thereof. Specifically, the statement should be focused on the research activities of the nominee and include several examples of the nominee’s original scientific achievement(s) (e.g. scientific articles, developing a method or model, creating a novel tool that helps patients etc.)
- Nominators are also welcome to include examples of how the nominee disseminate her/ his research, the nominee’s responsibilities outside the laboratory, the nominee’s involvement in professional organizations or entrepreneurship and the like, or if the nominee has used scientific insight to bring discoveries to lives.
- Short CV for the nominee (max 5.000 characters)
- Publication list for the nominee (no H-index or citation analysis)
For more information, visit The Lundbeck Foundation.
