27 October 2020

4 researchers from Department of Neuroscience receive in total DKK 20 Million from the Lundbeck Foundation

Brain research

This year’s Ascending Investigator grants from the Lundbeck Foundation have been awarded to 18 neuroscientists from all over the country; 10 of them are based at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and 4 of these at the Department of Neuroscience.

Recipients of grants

Birgitte Rahbek Kornum, Claus Juul Løland, Kenneth Lindegaard Madsen and Martin Fredensborg Rath each receive around DKK 5 million for their research. Read more about their projects below.

The Ascending Investigator grants are targeted at established and talented researchers at Danish universities and hospitals. The grants should enable the individual recipients to further develop their research career and thus produce significant scientific contributions within neuroscience and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.

‘We are pleased with the amount of interesting projects we have received this year – and we are pleased to be able via the Ascending Investigator grants to help these talented researchers develop their projects of benefit to Danish neuroscience’, says Director of Science at the Lundbeck Foundation Jan Egebjerg.

Birgitte Kornum
Birgitte Rahbek Kornum, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Birgitte Rahbek Kornum has received an Ascending Investigator grant of DKK 5,096,738 from the Lundbeck Foundation. Her project seeks to determine whether poor sleep as a teenager increases the risk of developing psychiatric disorders later in life.
Claus Løland
Claus Juul Løland, Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Claus Juul Løland has received an Ascending Investigator grant of DKK 5,000,000 from the Lundbeck Foundation. His project aims to develop medical treatment for people suffering from cocaine addiction.
Kenneth Madsen
Kenneth Lindegaard Madsen, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Kenneth Lindegaard Madsen has received an Ascending Investigator grant of DKK 5,096,580 from the Lundbeck Foundation. His project aims to develop new medical treatment for chronic pain.
Martin Rath
Martin Fredensborg Rath, Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Martin Fredensborg Rath has received an Ascending Investigator grant of DKK 5,000,000 from the Lundbeck Foundation. His project focusses on hormones’ influence on the circadian rhythm. Disturbances of this rhythm are seen in e.g. people suffering from depression.