Funding Radar: €20M set aside for research on sex differences in cardiovascular disease

20 Jan 2026 | News

Novo Nordisk Foundation seeks collaborative clinical and mechanistic studies to improve female heart health

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The Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark, one of the world’s leading funders of pharmaceutical and biotechnology research, is investing €20 million in European collaborative research on sex-related differences in cardiovascular disease. 

The funding will be awarded through two new grant programmes:

  • The Female Heart – Clinical Research Grants have a total budget of DKK 75 million (€10 million), with up to DKK 15 million (€2 million) per project, focused on clinical medicine aimed at improving the clinical understanding of sex-related differences in cardiovascular disease. 
  • The