Tandem Programme – Translational research collaboration between Basic and Clinical Researchers

With the Tandem Programme, the Novo Nordisk Foundation seeks to strengthen and support Danish translational health research of high international quality. The programme invites collaborative project applications from one basic and one clinical researcher that seek to stimulate the transition of basic research to clinical practice and vice versa. The programme specifically requires that one basic scientist and one clinical scientist apply together for a project which is clinically relevant, cross-disciplinary, and translational in nature, to catalyse improved treatment or diagnosis of patients, or understanding of underlying disease mechanisms. The two applicants are expected to take equal part in the project. Each Tandem Programme grant provides between DKK 11-13 million for four-year collaborative research projects, with the budget required to be equally split (60/40% also accepted) between the main and co-applicants. The clinical researcher must be active in the clinic and have current clinical responsibilities, not employed in a full-time research position. The programme aims to facilitate meaningful cross-disciplinary collaboration that bridges the gap between basic biomedical research and clinical medicine, advancing translational health research in Denmark.