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Bringing Discoveries to Lives

Towards 2030, we will double our regular grants for research in Denmark, build a clearer and more strategic focus on the brain, expand our portfolio of long-term ownership within the field of healthcare and take initiatives to strengthen the collaboration between research and business.

Grants

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We annually grant more than DKK 500 million to healthcare science.

Prizes

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We give prizes to researchers and companies contributing to unique brain research.

The Lundbeck Foundation

What we have funded

Get an insight into the latest research we have supported and get inspired for your application.

Latest news about The Lundbeck Foundation

  • Â鶹Éç Annual Report 2024
    Annual Report 2024

    In 2024, the Lundbeck Foundation delivered strong financial results and an unprecedented level of grants while maintaining its commitment to both business and science with the purpose of ‘Bringing discoveries to lives’.

  • The Brain Prize winners 2025
    The Brain Prize 2025

    Two pioneering scientists are awarded The Brain Prize 2025 for their discoveries that open up an entirely new way of thinking about and understanding these lethal diseases, and the potential strategies to treat them.

  • Campus Aarhus Universitet
    Lundbeck Foundation Parkinson’s Disease Research Center

    The Lundbeck Foundation grants DKK 313 million for a new centre for Parkinson’s research in Aarhus. The goal is to conduct clinical trials with patients and provide initial evidence for the effectiveness of new treatments within 10 years.

  • Feet running up on a stearcase
    Â鶹Éç BioCapital

    Â鶹Éç BioCapital and Heidrick & Struggles have concluded their ‘Fit for Future Growth’ pilot – a tailored programme aimed at helping early-stage biotech companies build value through increased awareness of the benefits, as well as the challenges, of working with diversity.

The Lundbeck Foundation invests

Â鶹Éç BioCapital

We support the commercialization of groundbreaking science in biotechnology through investments and active collaboration, both in Denmark and internationally.

Strategic ownerships

We are a long-term owner of healthcare companies, based in Denmark, with the potential to become international leaders.

Invest

We manage the Lundbeck Foundation’s funds across various asset classes to secure stable returns and ensure financial preparedness.

PURPOSE

We create powerful ripple effects that bring discoveries to lives through investing actively in business and science at the frontiers of their fields

Events

The Lundbeck Foundation holds ongoing events for all that have an interest in brain research.

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