ODIN focuses on areas that holds a strong potential for the Danish ecosystem and global health in general. The main focus will be on drug discovery and better diagnostics within three disease areas that pose major threats to human health:
Projects within these three areas are expected to explore e.g. new disease models, biomarkers, targets, and other precompetitive niches that can lead to improved drug discovery and diagnostics
We also have a focus on cross-disciplinary projects exploring disease-agnostic technology platforms and research tools/methods that potentially can lead to improved drug discovery and diagnostics.
The ODIN application guidelines will tell you all you need to know about the application process, but here are the basics:
In 2024, the grant basics were:
Deadlines:
Deadlines for the 2025 call will be announced in February 2025.
A standard Project Agreement is to be entered by all project participants before starting an ODIN project. The agreement is non-negotiable, as the terms and agreement have already been defined by the founding companies and partner universities for the purpose of ease-of-collaboration. The Project Agreement can be found here at the website under "About ODIN". Here you can also find the application guidelines, which provide futher information on the important date and events in the 2024 call for applications.
You are always welcome to contact the ODIN secretariat if you have questions regarding participation, call rounds, applications or where to find the open output our funded projects.
Perhaps you can find the answers to your questions on on our FAQ page via the link below.
We unite right minds from industry and academia so that they can jointly create need-driven research projects - and pave the way for innovative new treatments in the future. Through competitive funding calls, we fund the best projects ideas. Although companies cannot receive funding, it is free of charge to join.
The 5-year platform is sponsored by the Novo Nordisk Foundation with 180 M DKK from 2024-2028.
You are always welcome to reach out if you have questions or comments. Reach out to odin@au.dk or find the Secretariat's direct email addresses under contacts.
Although we're spanning five Danish universities, we're based in Aarhus. Our office is located at Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 121, blg 1521-216.
