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EBRAINS 2.0: A Research Infrastructure to Advance Neuroscience and Brain Health

Project description

European hub in neuroscience research

Investigating and understanding the brain's complexity – spanning from intricate molecular processes to the overall organ function – poses a significant challenge that requires collaborative research efforts. To unravel the intricacies of the brain, the EU-funded EBRAINS 2.0 project aims to bring together diverse expertise and resources needed for breakthroughs in neuroscience. The project's objectives include creating new standards for brain atlases, connecting multi-level data in healthy and pathological brains, and developing digital twins through modelling and simulation. EBRAINS 2.0 will generate a central hub in the European neuroscience landscape, offering the infrastructure, services and technology required for excellence in the field.

Objective

EBRAINS is a collaborative European Research Infrastructure designed to advance and accelerate progress in neuroscience and brain health. This innovative infrastructure, a legacy of the Human Brain Project (HBP), is an ecosystem where researchers, clinicians and experts from various disciplines converge to explore and analyze brain complexity – from molecular and cellular levels to the functioning of the entire organ. Therefore, the project aims to create a new standard for brain atlases from the micro- to the macro-scale, link foundational multi-level data and connectomes in the healthy and pathological brain with atlases and models, create digital twins through modelling and simulation as well as unique, excellent, and preferred services for FAIR neuroscience data. The overarching goal of EBRAINS 2.0 is to foster a deeper understanding of brain structure and function with dedicated and mature software tools, to facilitate the development of more effective treatments, new drugs, diagnostics and preventive measures for neuro-psychiatric disorders. We expect that EBRAINS 2.0 catalyzes progress in the field of large-scale models running on HPC towards Exascale and leads to innovative solutions for neuro-inspired computing, and cognitive technologies such as neurorobotics and AI. Sophisticated digital modeling and data analytics capabilities will benefit communities beyond neuroscience, such as biomedicine. We will advance EBRAINS technology, platform services and the base infrastructure roadmap, educate and train a new community of users and developers from academia, industry and SMEs, and ensure knowledge transfer. EBRAINS 2.0 will become the neuroscience hub in the European infrastructure landscape, through building strong links with the European data spaces, EOSC and EuroHPC JU, centers of excellences and other initiatives. Globally, EBRAINS 2.0 will make a strong contribution to the new era of digital neuroscience and foster European leadership in this field.

Programme(s)

Coordinator

EBRAINS
Net EU contribution
€ 5 323 086,25
Address
CHAUSSEE DE LA HULPE 166, GLAVERBEL
1170 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium

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Region
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Activity type
Research Organisations
Links
Total cost
€ 5 323 086,25

Participants (52)

Partners (7)