29.01.2013 16:36 Age: 11 yrs
Human Brain Project
1 Billion for understanding the human brain
The Human Brain Project Wins Top European Science Funding
The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain. Project (HBP) as one of its two FET Flagship projects. The new project will federate. European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science:
understanding the human brain.
Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain. Project is planned to last ten years (2013-2023). The cost is estimated at 1.19 billion euros.
The project will also associate some important North American and Japanese partners. It will be coordinated at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.