Scholarships

Currently, Novo Nordisk and Novozymes provide scholarships to more than 30 master students finalising their thesis annually, more than 312 since 1997.

Your opportunity
Within the Novo Scholarship Programme we grant up to one-year support in your final year as a master student, provided you are enrolled at a Danish university or Lund university and work in fields of interest to Novo Nordisk or Novozymes.

You are located at the university and work on a project defined by the university supervisor and yourself.

For Danish speaking scholarship recipients

Novo Nordisk enrols you in a 1-day workshop on scientific communication to improve your skills in promoting your field.
As a scholar you may be booked as Novo Science Ambassador to lecture about scientific area and passion for science. The lectures are available for grades 8 to 10 of the elementary school and for high schools.

Upon completion of your master's degree, you may get the opportunity to pursue a PhD-degree within Novo Nordisk.

Basic conditions

Students must be enrolled at a Danish university or Lund University
The master thesis may take place in Denmark or abroad
You must not receive other grants in the scholarship period
If granted a Novo scholarship we expect you not to take on any paid job in the scholarship period.

We call for applications once per year. The next call is open at the moment with an application deadline on 31st October at 12.00 hrs. Please refer to full call for 2009.

For more information contact

Novo Nordisk:

Jørgen Dirach, Director, MD, MBA, FFPM
Tel: +45 4442 3355 or JDI @ novonordisk.com

Berit Albrechtsen, Assistant
Tel: +45 4442 3810 or BAL @ novonordisk.com

Novozymes:

Ole Kirk, Vice President, PhD
Tel: +45 4446 3206 or OKi @ novozymes.com

Jens Tønne Andersen, Science Manager, MSc, PhD
Tel: +45 4446 1050 or JTAn @ novozymes.com