Human Brain Project
| Human Brain Project | |
|---|---|
| Mission statement | A collaborative effort to help understand the human brain |
| Type of project | Scientific Research |
| Location | Europe |
| Owner | European Union |
| Founder | Henry Markram |
| Established | 2013 |
| Website | www |
The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a large ten-year scientific research project that aims to build a collaborative ICT-based scientific research infrastructure to allow researchers across the globe to advance knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing, and brain-related medicine. The Project, which started on 1 October 2013, is a European Commission Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship. The HBP is coordinated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and is largely funded by the European Union. The project is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Project develops ICT-based platforms in six areas:
The HBP Platforms consist of prototype hardware, software, databases, and programming interfaces. These tools are available to researchers worldwide via the HBP Collaboratory.
The HBP is coordinated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and scientific direction is provided by representatives from each of the HBP's Subprojects. The HBP involves researchers from over 100 institutions across Europe, and notable Partner Institutions include the University of Heidelberg, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the University Hospital of Lausanne.
The call for funding for the Project's initial two-and-a-half-year 'Ramp-Up Phase' of EUR 54 million closed in November 2013 and the results were announced in March 2014. Twenty-two projects from thirty-two organisations were selected for the initial funding of EUR 8.3 million. The Ramp-Up Phase ended on 31 March 2016. Funding will be reassessed every two years using Specific Grant Agreements (SGA); the first of which is scheduled to begin in mid-2016. The HBP's total costs are estimated at EUR 1.019 billion, of which EUR 500 million would be provided by the European Commission, EUR 500 million by national, public and private organisations, and EUR 19 million by the Core Project Ramp-Up Phase Partners.
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