Project description
Advanced research for brain disorders including mental health
Brain diseases have a significant societal and economic impact on patients, care-givers and healthcare systems. Extensive collaboration and concerted interaction amongst all relevant actors are needed. The EU-funded NEURON Cofund2 project will align national funding strategies and pave the way for a global brain research domain. The project envisages advancing research into the brain and nervous system diseases and thus reducing the disease burden. More than two dozen partners from 22 EU and non-EU countries, and the European Commission, will invest tens of millions of euro over a 5-year period for translational research into mental disorders, neurological conditions (except neurodegeneration) and sensory disorders. The first funding measure in 2021 will support research into neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents.
Objective
Brain-related diseases affect millions of people in Europe and worldwide, with increasing trends. They impose a societal and economic burden on patients, families and carers, and healthcare systems. Tackling them requires collaboration and concerted interaction among all relevant players.
Based on a longstanding tradition, NEURON Cofund2 aims to align national and regional funding programmes and to build a basis for a global brain research area. It aims to advance research into the brain and nervous system diseases and ultimately alleviate the burden of disease. To this end, 27 partners from 22 countries across and beyond Europe will join forces with the European Commission and commit to invest 65-75 m€ over 5 years for translational research into mental disorders, neurological conditions (except neurodegeneration) and sensory disorders.
To support brain research, annual joint calls for transnational interdisciplinary research consortia will be launched. The co-funded call in 2021 will tackle neurodevelopmental disorders, which originate in the particularly vulnerable group of children and adolescents and often persist throughout life. The joint commitment to this call is around 23-26 m€. The following calls will address other fields of nervous system disorders, and neuroethics.
For additional support and improvement of research structure, the ERA-NET NEURON will cooperate with professional societies, pertinent other projects, patients and their representatives and stakeholders. On structural levels NEURON will enhance quality of research by reinforcing highest possible scientific standards of research approaches. This will include e.g. sharing of resources and data, and linking with ESFRI infrastructures. In particular, early career investigators will profit from networking activities and enabling measures for the interdisciplinary neuroscience community.
The outcomes of the ERA-NET will be communicated on conferences, the NEURON website, and social media.
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51147 Koln
Germany
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Participants (26)
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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H3A3C6 Montreal Quebec
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00531 Helsinki
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75013 Paris
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75654 Paris
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9101002 Jerusalem
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00144 Roma
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1050 Riga
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0283 Oslo
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00-801 WARSZAWA
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1249 074 Lisboa
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010362 Bucuresti
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814 38 Bratislava
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28071 Madrid
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28029 Madrid
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06100 Ankara
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115 10 ATHENS
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106 Taipei
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D02 H638 Dublin
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SN2 1FL Swindon
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3012 Bern
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10000 Zagreb
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1077 Budapest
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51004 Tartu
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LV-1050 RIGA
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