Grants & prizes
We grant a minimum of DKK 500 million each year to Danish public research
Our grants go primarily to biomedical and health science research – both basic and clinical applied research as well as epidemiological research – focusing mainly on the brain.
What we have funded
In 2025, the Lundbeck Foundation allocated a total of DKK 825 million to biomedical sciences research, spread across 195 grants and prizes. This was equivalent to the salaries of 736 full-time researchers in Denmark.
Our grants go primarily to biomedical and health science research – both basic and clinical applied research as well as epidemiological research – focusing mainly on the brain.
Strategic initiatives and partnerships
The Lundbeck Foundation supports strategic initiatives and partnerships that make a meaningful difference to the research landscape in Denmark. Discover more about these initiatives and their impact here.
News about grants and prizes
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The Brain Prize 2026
Research stories
Ancient DNA tells about human diseases and ancestors
This research, published in the science journal Nature, provides completely new knowledge about where we come from and how diseases have developed.