Deadline to obtain reference number: 19 Mar 2020
Deadline to submit letter of intent: 30 Mar 2020
Overview
The aim of the Program is to promote, through international cooperation, basic research focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms for the benefit of all humankind.
The Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) develops and implements the Program.
The Program aims to complement, not duplicate, the frontier life science programs of the countries that provide HFSPO financial support.
HFSPO attaches the highest importance to novelty, scientific merit, internationality, and interdisciplinarity.
Emphasis is placed on building new collaborations that bring together life scientists and scientists from other disciplines such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering, including the development of early career frontier scientists.
The Program supports potentially transformative proposals that address important problems at the frontiers of the life sciences, or barriers to progress in the life sciences. Projects should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. Applications for high-risk/high-reward projects are particularly encouraged.
Research projects may range from biological functions at the molecular and cellular level up to the biological systems level, including cognitive functions. All levels of analysis are supported: for example studies on genes and individual molecules, intracellular networks, intercellular associations in tissues and organs, and networks underlying the complex functions of entire organisms, populations, or ecosystems.
For full details, or to apply, visit the call guidance document.