Project description Supplements to strengthen cooperation in ICT R&D in an enlarged European Union Show the project objective Hide the project objective The human brain can be seen as an immensely powerful, energy efficient, self-learning, self-repairing computer. If we could understand and mimic the way the brain works, we could revolutionize information technology, medicine and society. But to do so we have to bring together everything we know and everything we can learn about the inner workings of the brain's molecules, cells and circuits. The goal of the Human Brain Project (HBP) is to do this by integrating our knowledge in massive databases and in computer models of the brain. This will require breakthroughs in mathematics and software engineering and an international supercomputing facility more powerful than any before. This is all possible. Experimental and clinical data is accumulating exponentially. Computers powerful enough to meet the project's initial requirements are already here. An international team led by Europe's best neuroscientists, doctors, physicists, mathematicians, computer engineers and ethicists have assembled to begin the mission. As technology progresses and the project discovers new principles of brain design it will build ever more realistic models to probe ever deeper principles. The benefits for society will be huge, even before the HBP achieves its final goals. Models of the brain will revolutionize information technology, allowing us to design computers, robots, sensors, prosthetics and other devices far more powerful, more intelligent and more energy efficient than today. They will help us understand the root causes of brain diseases, and to diagnose them early, when they can still be treated. They will reduce reliance on animal testing and make it easier to develop new cures for brain disease. They will help us understand how the brain ages, and how to slow these changes and nurture a healthy brain for our children. In summary, the HBP is poised to produce dramatic advances in technology, a new understanding of the way the brain works and a new ability to cure its diseases. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesmathematicsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.9.5 - FET Flagship Initiative Preparatory Actions Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-FET-F See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne Switzerland See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Henry Markram (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT INNSBRUCK Austria EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Christoph probst platz 1 6020 Innsbruck See on map Region Westösterreich Tirol Innsbruck Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alois Saria (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM Belgium EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Kapeldreef 75 3001 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christine Van Houtven (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE VAUDOIS Switzerland EU contribution € 88 168,00 Address Rue du bugnon 21 1011 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Richard FRACKOWIAK (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Germany EU contribution € 168 418,00 Address Seminarstrasse 2 69117 Heidelberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Björn Kindler (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FORTISS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Guerickestrasse 25 80805 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Harald Ruess (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 88 168,00 Address Wilhelm johnen strasse 52428 Julich See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Thomas Lippert (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Spain EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Calle ramiro de maeztu 7 edificio rectorado 28040 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gonzalo LEON (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT PASTEUR France EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Rue du docteur roux 25-28 75724 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nadia Khelef (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Rue leblanc 25 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Simone MERGUI (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Edmond j safra campus givat ram 91904 Jerusalem See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jane Turner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET Sweden EU contribution € 88 168,00 Address Nobels vag 5 17177 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sten Grillner (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GENOME RESEARCH LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 80 892,00 Address Wellcome sanger institute wellcome genome campus hinxton CB10 1SA Saffron walden See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Seth Grant (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data