Distinguished Innovator Grant

The Distinguished Innovator Grant (Sustainability & Health) is designed to accelerate commercialization of research findings and development of novel technologies within sustainability or health. The grant is aimed at senior faculty members or researchers with a proven track record within innovation, including previous experience of academic innovation projects and experience with establishing patents and spinouts from academia. The Sustainability area seeks to support innovative research within agriculture, food, industrial and environmental biotech, carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies, nitrous oxide and methane emissions, and quantum technologies. The Health area seeks to support innovative research within med-tech, industrial biotech, pharma, and quantum technologies, with particular focus on cardiometabolic diseases as well as infectious diseases and preventive solutions. The projects must have a clear outlook to scaling potentials and later commercialization possibilities. The grant is pre-CVR, meaning it is intended to support projects before company establishment.