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Funding
Funding
HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms. A clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring biologists together to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.
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Awardees
Awardees
In this section you find information about the awardees in the HFSP scientific programs. This includes a searchable database of HFSP awardees, information on the HFSP Nakasone Award and other achievements by HFSP awardees.
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Events
Events
HFSP promotes and participates in several events every year. We are committed to bringing together the scientific community and forging new opportunities to network and have scientific discussions that help to create bridges and partnerships for the future of frontier science.
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About
About
The Human Frontier Science Program is a program of funding for frontier research in the life sciences. It is implemented by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) with its office in Strasbourg. Here you can find all you need to know about the HFSPO.
News & Impact
Local and global brain activity dynamics are coordinated, but only during conscious states
Cortical assemblies, groups of neurons which tend to coactivate together, are considered to be fundamental units of…
“Dark microbiome” and current generation of instruments make it difficult (if not impossible) to detect evidences of life on Mars
Scientist have poked the surface of Mars for more than 40 years searching for evidences of life. They never expected to…
Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not…
Dietary stress determines which genes regulate lifespan
Are the genes that regulate a trait always the same regardless of the environmental conditions in which organisms live?…
HFSP President and Secretary-General Welcome Norway to Global Frontier Life Science Organization
HFSP President Shigekazu Nagata and Secretary-General Pavel Kabat officially welcomed Norway as a Member country of the…
HFSP named as Founding Member of U.N. International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
HFSPO joins several other international science organizations and institutions in organizing a range of activities as…
HFSP President and Secretary-General Welcome South Africa to Global Frontier Life Science Organization
HFSP welcomed South Africa as the newest Member country to join the International Human Frontier Science Program…
HFSP fostered opportunities for frontier research collaborations in India
HFSP facilitated a series of symposia at several research institutions in India. The aim was to promote HFSP…
High-level Science Summit & International Scientific Symposium on Basic Life Science for Sustainability
From 27th to 29th June 2023, researchers and science policy-makers are invited to Paris to discuss how basic science…
Vacancy Announcement: HFSPO Senior Executive Assistant
HFSPO is hiring a new Secretariat staff member. Applications for Senior Executive Assistant will be open until 5th…
Regenerative Bioelectronic Neural Implants
Bioelectronic neural implants are devices embedded in our bodies to treat some injuries, for example, member implants…
2024 HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
Call for Letters of Intent: the submission period opens on 15th March and ends on 11 May 2023