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Earmarked research funding for women
25.06.2019
A new VILLUM FONDEN programme aims to support the advancement of talented postdoc women in international research careers.
Many senior citizens are given too much medicine
21.06.2019
More research and knowledge are needed if society is to prevent the elderly population from being overprescribed, and even misprescribed, medicines.
New programme for interdisciplinary data-driven research
20.06.2019
VILLUM FONDEN introduces grants for interdisciplinary data-driven research.
An afternoon workshop on senior citizens and medication
21.05.2019
A diverse group of researchers - from doctors and pharmacists to ethnologists – were invited to share knowledge at a workshop on a sunny afternoon in May.
Agreement on Pioneer Initiative
03.05.2019
VILLUM FONDEN, Danish National Research Foundation, Carlsberg Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation grant a total of 1 billion DKK for basic research aimed at solving major societal challenges .
Villum Investigators honored
03.05.2019
11 new Villum Investigators were celebrated 2 May 2019. They each received as much as DKK 40m for their research over the next 6 years.