Novo Nordisk - Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Foundation

Chinese Academy of Sciences and Novo Nordisk signed in March 2007 an agreement to establish a Research Foundation with an endowment of 2 million USD.  The Foundation supports projects of interests to both CAS and Novo Nordisk in the fields of diabetes, biopharmaceuticals and protein sciences.  See also Novo Nordisk Press Release on March 5, 2007 (at bottom of this page).

Call for Proposals

Applications must be submitted on a special Application Form. Please see “Call For Proposal” for more details.

Novo Nordisk - CAS Research Foundation Board
The Board currently consists of 6 representatives of CAS and 5 from Novo Nordisk:

CAS members
Prof. LI Jiayang, Vice President of CAS, Chairman of the Board
Prof. LU Yonglong, Director General of the Bureau of International Cooperation                                  
Prof. CHEN Kaixian, CAS Member, the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Prof. DING Jian, Director-General of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Prof. XU Tao, Director-General of the Institute of Biophysics
Prof. WANG Ming-Wei, Director of NCDS, the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Novo Nordisk members
Dr. Peter Kurtzhals, Senior Vice President and Head of Diabetes Research Unit, R&D (Vice Chairman of the Board)
Dr. Per Falk, Senior Vice President and Head of Biopharmaceuticals Research Unit, R&D
Dr. Jacob Sten Petersen, Corporate Vice President and Scientific Vice President of Diabetes Research Unit, R&D
Dr. Boerge Diderichsen, Vice President and Head of Corporate Research Affairs, R&D
Dr. WANG Baoping, President and Head of Novo Nordisk (China) R&D Center, Beijing.

Board secretary
Ms. WANG Dongyao, Program Officer, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS 

Former board members:
Prof. CHEN Zhu, then Vice President of CAS, former Chairman of the Board
Prof. QIU Juliang, former Deputy Director-General of the Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS

Link to “Novo Nordisk Press Release on March 5, 2007”

[Background Information]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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