Press Release: €150m for brain research launches EU Month of the Brain

At the start of its 'European Month of the Brain' initiative, the European Commission has earmarked some €150m of funding for 20 new international brain research projects. It will bring the total EU investment in brain research since 2007 to over €1.9 billion.

The 'European Month of the Brain' (twitter hashtag: #brainmonth) will highlight European research and innovation in the area of neuroscience, cognition and related areas through over 50 events across Europe this May. The initiative aims to showcase the latest achievements in the field, but also to urge a more decisive effort to combat brain diseases. It also aims at highlighting how studying the brain can revolutionise computing. The initiative comes as the profile of brain research has been raised recently with ambitious new projects in the EU (FET Flagship Human Brain Project) and the US (BRAIN project).

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European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/390: Questions and answers on European Month of the Brain http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-390_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Graphene and Human Brain Project win largest research excellence award in history, as battle for sustained science funding continues http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-graphene-and-human-brain-project-win-largest-research-excellence-award-in-history-as-battle-for-sustained-science-funding-continues/

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