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Brewer Jacobsen's life's work

The Carlsberg Foundation is one of the world’s oldest industrial foundations. Here, ambitious brewing enterprise blossoms side by side with research and support for the finest science, art and culture. The Foundation’s Chairman is not just head of the Carlsberg Foundation, but also Chairman of the Supervisory board of Carlsberg A/S. It has been this way since 1876, when Brewer J.C. Jacobsen established the Carlsberg Foundation.

The power of Science

The Carlsberg Foundation supports visionary and innovative basic scientific research. Research that makes us smarter, addresses global challenges, produces growth and welfare, and is universally beneficial. That is how it has been ever since 1876, when the Foundation was established by J.C. Jacobsen.

News from the foundation

Spring Call 2022: The Carlsberg Foundation offers postdoctoral fellowships

News from the foundation

01/03/2022

The Carlsberg Foundation announces a call for applications for Internationalisation Fellowships to be carried out at leading international research institutions. The fellowships are offered for an uninterrupted research stay outside Denmark of minimum one year and maximum two years. The application deadline is 1 April 2022 at 4 pm.

Carlsberg A/S, the Carlsberg Foundation and the Tuborg Foundation donates DKK 75 million to humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine

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03/03/2022

As a consequence of the terrible situation in Ukraine, Carlsberg A/S and the Carlsberg Foundation, and the Tuborg Foundation, have made the extraordinary decision to donate DKK 75 million to humanitarian relief efforts.

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Historic restoration of Brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s villa celebrated with new book

The Carlsberg Foundation is kicking off 2022 by opening the doors to the newly restored Carlsberg Academy. The restoration has been carried out by some of Denmark’s most highly skilled architects, conservators and craftspeople, who have carefully returned Brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s private villa to how it looked when it was built in the mid-1800s. To mark the restoration, the Carlsberg Foundation and Strandberg Publishing are bringing out a book with the title ‘Will, Works and Values – J.C. Jacobsen’s villa at Carlsberg’.

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Flemming Besenbacher to retire from Carlsberg Foundation’s Board of Directors – Majken Schultz elected chairwoman

17/12/2021

At a meeting just held, the Carlsberg Foundation’s Board of Directors has elected its new chair. Professor Majken Schultz is the new chairwoman and will take over the position as of 1 January 2022.

Carlsberg Foundation and Research

Carlsberg Foundation awards record grants for Danish basic research

07/12/2021

292 of Denmark’s most imaginative and visionary researchers are today receiving a research grant from the Carlsberg Foundation. A total of DKK 456 million is being awarded, of which DKK 200 million alone is going to research within the humanities and social sciences.

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The Carlsberg Foundation launches "Vision 2050" – a new path for Denmark

29/09/2021

The Carlsberg Foundation has launched the "Vision 2050" initiative with the goal of creating a new vision for Denmark’s future. The ambition is to pave the way for solutions for the future based on sound knowledge, creative imagination, multidisciplinarity and well-founded views.

The Carlsberg Family

The Carlsberg family comprises a global brewing group, three grant-awarding foundations, two internationally acclaimed museums and a ground-breaking international research laboratory. The Carlsberg Foundation is the parent foundation for the Carlsberg family.