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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.
Articles
Gut origins of the “runner’s high”
The motivation for exercise varies greatly from individual to individual. A new study, performed by the HFSP Research…
The Decades-Old Mystery of Red Blood Cell Production Finally Solved
A decades-old mystery has surrounded the identity of the cells responsible for producing erythropoietin (Epo) - the key…
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?…
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
HFSP Research Grants 2024: Call for Letters of Intent
Designed to stimulate new research lines based on international scientific collaboration, the HFSP Research Grants…
Bacterial colonies or a branching head of broccoli?
In the lab, bacterial colonies usually grow in streaks in flat dishes, but until now no one has known how the colonies…
HFSP publishes its first Science Digest
The Science Digest is a compendium of some of the world’s most imaginative and bold research in the life sciences.
The embryo puts on a string to initiate gastrulation
Gastrulation is the process via which the embryonic epithelium is remodeled and different groups of cells are…