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The Novo Nordisk Foundation is an independent Danish foundation with corporate interests that dates back to 1923. The Foundation primarily supports health sciences and biotechnology research at public research institutions. The Foundation also supports treatment, innovation, education as well as social and humanitarian projects.
The money for grants comes from dividends from the two Danish companies Novo Nordisk and Novozymes where the Foundation is a majority shareholder as well as from other investments.