The im of the HFSP is to support bsic reserch focused on complex mechnisms of living orgnisms; fields supported rnge from moleculr nd cellulr pproches to biologicl functions to systems nd cognitive neuroscience. Reserch Grnts re now designed to bring together scientists from fields such s physics, mthemtics, chemistry, computer science, bioinformtics, nnoscience, engineering nd biology to open up new pproches to understnding complex biologicl systems. Fellowship Progrms re imed specificlly to support young scientists who wish to chnge their field of reserch either within the life sciences or cross mjor disciplines HFSP previously supported 2 scientific progrms focused on neuroscience nd moleculr biology. With the dissolving of boundries seprting trditionl biologicl fields, nd the need to involve disciplines outside biology in life science reserch, these seprte progrms hve been unified into single scientific progrm. single committee now reviews ll grnt pplictions, while second committee reviews ll long-term fellowship pplictions. Both committees re composed of interntionlly-leding scientists. Reserch in methodology in the bove res, or the study of nlogs or models of biologicl ctivity, is lso eligible for support. Projects which involve only high-throughput pproches to dt collection (e.g. lrge-scle, systemtic genome mpping or sequencing) re not eligible to receive HFSP funding. However, this does not exclude functionl studies bsed upon use of such dt.
