About The Foundation

The Lundbeck Foundation is a commercial foundation established in 1954. Its main objective is to maintain and expand the activities of the Lundbeck Group, and to provide funding for scientific research of the highest quality.

The Foundation holds a substantial interest in the share capital of H. Lundbeck A/S, ALK-Abelló A/S and Falck A/S. In addition, a substantial portfolio of investments is managed and the entity Lundbeckfond Ventures has been established to investment in life science companies.

In 2010, the Foundation granted DKK 384 million (approx. € 51,5 million) and expects to grant approx. DKK 400 million (approx. € 53 million) to research in biomedical and natural sciences in 2011.

The Lundbeck Foundation has in recent years established 15 Centres of Excellence and several fellowships to outstanding researchers - Danish or foreign - who wants to establish their own research groups at Danish universities.