Human Brain Project

Human Brain Project
Type of projectScientific research
LocationGeneva, Switzerland
OwnerEuropean Union
Key peoplePaweł Świeboda, Director General[1]
Katrin Amunts, Scientific Research Director[1]
Established1 October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-01)
StatusEnded 30 September 2023; 13 months ago (2023-09-30)
Websitehumanbrainproject.eu

The Human Brain Project (HBP) was a €1-billion EU scientific research project that ran for ten years from 2013 to 2023.[2][3][4] Using high-performance exascale supercomputers it built infrastructure that allowed researchers to advance knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine.[5] Its successor was the EBRAINS project.[6]

The Project, which started on 1 October 2013, was a European Commission Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship. The HBP was coordinated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and was largely funded by the European Union.[7] The project coordination office was in Geneva, Switzerland.[8]

Peer-reviewed research finds that the public discussion forum (the Human Brain Project forum) was actively utilized and showed resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The HBP forum has been most actively utilized and useful for solving questions related to programming issues and questions close to HBP core areas.

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  4. ^ Siva, Nayanah (2023). "What happened to the Human Brain Project?". The Lancet. 402 (10411): 1408–1409. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02346-2.
  5. ^ "Framework Partnership Agreement". Human Brain Project. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ "EBRAINS Collaboratory". ebrains.eu.
  7. ^ "FET Flagships". Horizon 2020. European Commission. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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  9. ^ Kreyer AC, Wang LX (7 December 2022). "Collaborating neuroscience online: The case of the Human Brain Project forum". PLOS ONE. 17 (12): e0278402. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1778402K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0278402. PMC 9728874. PMID 36477663.