Research funder · France

Human Frontier Science Program

Organization in France

hfsp.org

Grants since 2016: 963
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published): 222.5M
Funded works, last 5 years: 683
Funded works, all time: 2 219

Grants

2024–2026 · award

Investigating the cell-matrix mechano-chemical feedback loops as determinants of tissue fate

Srinivas Allanki · The Francis Crick Institute

Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

2024–2027 · award

Investigating the effects of chronic stress on gut-brain interactions

Nasim Biglari · Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research

Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

2024–2027 · award

Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators to uncover the role of Golgi cells in Pattern Classification

Federico Davoine · Universidad de la República de Uruguay

Vestibular and auditory disorders

2024–2027 · award

Understanding the role of co-factor mediation in co-transcriptional RNA splicing

Maria Faleeva · King's College London

RNA Research and Splicing

2024–2027 · award

Why do stressed bats shed more viruses?

B R Ansil · National Centre for Biological Sciences

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

2024–2026 · award

Brain remodeling mediated by molecular memory of the social conflict in the ant Harpegnathos

Ching-Han Lee · New York University

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

2024–2027 · award

Cognitive convergence: Vertebrate carnivore-like predatory planning behaviors in jumping spiders

Chen Li · MUJHU Research Collaboration

1.4M

2024–2027 · award

Memory trace in a neuron: dissecting dendritic mechanisms of learning

Asako Noguchi · The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York

Neural dynamics and brain function

2024–2027 · award

Unraveling spatial landscape of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptome & its role in TB pathology

Kritee Mehdiratta · Harvard University

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

2024–2027 · award

Deciphering the evolution, cellular biology and biogeochemistry of symbioses in anaerobic eukaryotes

Filip Husnik · Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

1.2MProtist diversity and phylogeny

2024–2027 · award

Optogenetic control of organelle “chatter” and effects on calcium dynamics in human cardiomyocytes

Emilia Entcheva · The University of Tokyo

1.2MPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research

2024–2027 · award

Microbial Consortia with Direct Electron Transfer: in situ Visualization of Community Robustness

Justus Wilhelm Fink · ETH Zurich

Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

2024–2026 · award

Studying the role of synaptic connectivity in learning and memory via new voltage imaging techniques

Liron Sheintuch · University of California, Los Angeles

2024–2027 · award

How predictable is evolution? Eco-evolutionary dynamics of fungi across biological scales

Michael Manhart · Rutgers Health

1.2MEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

2024–2027 · award

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF FLAGELLATES SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON EARLY EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION.

Thomas Kiorboe · University of Exeter

1.2MProtist diversity and phylogeny

2024–2027 · award

Elucidating electrophile-sensor signaling proteins at the contact sites between bacteria and host

Kevin Timothy Fridianto · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

2024–2027 · award

Visualizing specific lipid processing and uncovering molecular mechanisms using gut organoids

Yuki Naitou · Technische Universität Dresden

2024–2027 · award

Neural mechanisms for dynamic action planning and execution as we move through space

Federica Bencivenga · Sapienza University of Rome

Motor Control and Adaptation

2024–2027 · award

Illuminating Microbial Communication Networks: The Phycosphere lab (COUDRET, Christophe)

Christophe Coudret · University of Technology Sydney

1.5MMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

2024–2027 · award

Deciphering the Impact of Viral Infections on Human Neurocognitive Functions ex vivo

Raphael Gaudin · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)

1.1M

2024–2027 · award

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of thyroglobulin endocytosis mediated by the R2 receptor

Karthik Ramanadane · Human Technopole

2024–2027 · award

Temporal structures in complex deep-sea versus surface marine life: from molecules to communities

Kristin Tessmar-Raible · University of Vienna

1.4MMarine Biology and Ecology Research

2024–2027 · award

A nucleus-driven paradigm of mechanotransduction and morphogenesis

Mari Yoshida · Nagoya University

2024–2027 · award

A novel approach to tropical dendroclimatology using hyperspectral imaging and deep learning [ATHIL]

Meley Rannestad · Norwegian University of Life Sciences

900kTree-ring climate responses

2024–2027 · award

Understanding the role of endometrial compartmentalization in menstruation

Fátima Sanchís Calleja · President & Fellows Of Harvard College

Gynecological conditions and treatments

2024–2027 · award

Unmasking the Role of Nuclear Antioxidant Systems in Human Disease

Sheng-Chieh Hsu · The University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (ut Southwestern)

2024–2027 · award

Decoding invisibility: from genome evolution to tissue optical properties in transparent fish

Filippo Del Bene · Duke University

1.2MRetinal Development and Disorders

2024–2027 · award

Understanding far-from-equilibrium chemical kinetics inside biomolecular condensates

Byunghwa Kang · Johns Hopkins University

RNA Research and Splicing

2024–2027 · award

The role of simultaneous population dynamics in associative learning

Adi Kol · Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Memory and Neural Mechanisms

2024–2027 · award

Physical forces and mechanotransduction during mouse embryo implantation

Xavier Trepat · Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research

900kReproductive System and Pregnancy

2024–2027 · award

Reward-based learning of assemblies in olfaction

Christoph Miehl · University of Chicago

Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

2024–2027 · award

Is quantum coherence important in coupling the antenna system to the photosystem in cryptophytes?

Gesa Grüning · UNSW Sydney

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

2024–2027 · award

Exploring novel riboswitches in plants: uncovering new regulatory mechanisms for plant metabolism

Jin Xu · John Innes Centre

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

2024–2027 · award

Elucidating physico-chemical forces setting the limit of bacterial growth

Terence Hwa · The University of Western Australia

1.5MBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

2024–2027 · award

A quantitative in vitro approach to virus infection

Paul Soudier · Twin Cities Orthopedics

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

2024–2027 · award

Scaling the impact of viruses from single cells to the global methane cycle

Ashish Malik · University of Wisconsin System

1.4MBacteriophages and microbial interactions

2024–2027 · award

Behavioral functions and microcircuit mechanisms of heading representation in larval zebrafish

Ryosuke Tanaka · Technical University of Munich

Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

2024–2027 · award

Cross-talk between the skin microbiome, immunity and sensory innervation in neurophysiology

Simone Di Giovanni · Yale University

1.2M

2024–2027 · award

Design and build a synthetic single cell epigenetic oscillator

Amith Zafal Abdulla · Brandeis University

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

2024–2027 · award

Vibrational information transfer between living cells in the extracellular matrix

Ayelet Lesman · University of Oxford

1.5M