Deadline: 16 April 2025
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is seeking submissions for its grant program to support humanitarian actors and the humanitarian system in identifying, adapting, or integrating research, learning, and innovative approaches to improve the quality of humanitarian response and deliver better outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises.
Areas of Support
- With this call, the Novo Nordisk Foundation is looking for applications focusing on research and learning, and/or innovative approaches in humanitarian settings. Applications should fall within one or more of the below sub-themes. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications that focus on both food security and health.
- Food Security
- Improving food security in crises
- Strengthening the climate resilience of food systems in humanitarian operations
- Health
- Improving CMD1 prevention and management in crises including its comorbidities, such as infectious diseases and mental health
- Strengthening the climate resilience of health systems in humanitarian operations
- Food Security
Funding Information
- A total of up to DKK 35 million is available for grants between DKK 1 million and DKK 5 million for projects lasting up to 2 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposed projects must directly relate to the provision of humanitarian assistance in emergencies, disaster prevention and preparedness, or recovery. It may also pertain to the provision of assistance to people affected by protracted and complex crises.
- International humanitarian organisations are eligible to apply. An international humanitarian organisation is understood as an organisation with engagements in humanitarian settings in more than one country. Main applicants are encouraged to engage research or knowledge institutions, local organisations, regional networks or similar as co-applicants. Only main applicants and co-applicants that are not-for-profit are eligible to apply.
- A main applicant may submit a maximum of one application. If further applications are submitted, they will be disregarded.
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation will only accept applications from highly transparent organisations and institutions, whose annual reports and annual audited financial reports are publicly available.
For more information, visit Novo Nordisk Foundation.
