Novo Nordisk Fellowships

Overview

This academic-industry joint initiative has during its lifetime recruited 25 fellows receiving their postdoctoral training at 10 different Karolinska Institutet departments, working with 20 different research groups. Fellows have been undertaking cutting edge research projects, mentored by front-line researchers in the field of diabetes and metabolism. They have also had mentors at Novo Nordisk to support research collaborations with the company. Thus, Fellows have gained insight into research conducted in both academia and industry. In order to increase coherence around the Fellowship programme, a number of events have been held throughout the years such as high profile lectures, symposia, etc. both at Karolinska Institutet and at Novo Nordisk in the Copenhagen area.

Building Bridges: Diabetes and Metabolism Research at Karolinska Institutet and Novo Nordisk

Our final symposium was held on March 19-20, 2024 to celebrate the fellowship program active from 2015-2024. The meeting was a success and summarized the research and work performed in the program over the 10 years. In addition to scientific presentations, the program highlighted the fruitful collaborations between KI and Novo Nordisk and provided career information sessions. As such, the theme for the event was “building bridges”: building bridges to new people, to new environments, to new careers, to new knowledge, and to new treatments.