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The decisions on grants are decided directly by the Board of Directors, or on behalf of the Board of Directors by expert committees, the Chairmanship and the Registered Officers that advice and implement the Boards’ decisions.</p> <h4>The Board of Directors decides all grants</h4> <p>The Board decides the purpose, the research field, the budget, the application and assessment criteria and the assessment process. The Board also decides the grant-awarding model; open competition, strategic awards, Steno Diabetes research hospital grants or grants for development of own initiatives.</p> <h4>The Board of Directors determines the financial framework</h4> <p>The Board sets the financial framework for each grant when deciding the annual budget.</p> <h4>The implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors</h4> <p>A grant can either be decided directly by the Board of Directors or via annual mandate letters to expert committees, the Chairmanship and the Registered Officers. The expert committees, the Chairmanship and the Registered Officers implement the decisions of the Board of Directors by identifying projects and researchers among the received applications that fulfil the criteria the board has defined.</p> <h4>The Board of Directors approves the rules of procedure and the committee register</h4> <p>The Board appoints all the members of each committee and approves the rules of procedure of the committees. The rules of procedure and the annual mandate letter and committee register sets the scope and framework for how the committees’ implement the Board’s decision. The committees also serve as the Foundation’s window to the research community for grants awarded in open competition.</p> <h4>The Board of Directors selects the committee members</h4> <p>The Board has decided that the rules of procedures for each committee follow the best international standards. 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