Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)

Global collaboration is at the core of the HFSP Research Grants!

The 2026 HFSP Research Grants connect scientists across 30 countries and nearly 100 institutions around the world. 🌍

From neuroscience and ecology to engineering and climate science, these projects reflect a shared commitment to advancing life science through international collaboration.

Read more: https://zurl.co/qrT5H

New technologies are rapidly changing how scientists study evolution. From AI and 3D digitization to advances in genomics, researchers now have powerful new tools to explore fossil records and reconstruct the history of life in ways that were not possible before.

The HFSP Frontier Workshop will bring together experts from different fields to discuss these new opportunities and challenges.

📣 Call for Abstracts open
🔗 Submit here: https://zurl.co/P5eeA

Coral reefs do not just shelter fish and marine life. 🪸 They also host extraordinary microbial worlds!🦠

HFSP-supported researchers mapped coral microbiomes across 99 Pacific reefs and found hundreds of previously undescribed microbial species with remarkable biosynthetic potential.

These microbes may hold clues for future medicines and biotechnologies, reminding us that protecting reefs also means preserving an irreplaceable reservoir of molecular diversity!

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/HpsmA

📣 Call for Abstracts: deadline extended!

The deadline for abstract submission to the HFSP Frontier Workshop “Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science: Integrative Approaches to Evolution” has been extended.

This is an opportunity to contribute to an interdisciplinary program that brings together researchers from paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, physics, and computational sciences.

📅 New deadline: 31 May 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: https://zurl.co/2Cnrw

🧬 Some genes control many different processes in the body, and scientists long thought they were too constrained to evolve.
But new HFSP-supported research suggests otherwise.
By analyzing millions of genes across more than 100 fish species, researchers found that even these “multi-tasking” genes can undergo adaptive changes.
This challenges a long-standing idea in evolutionary biology and shows how large-scale data can reveal surprising patterns in how life evolves.

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/2qXIe

📣 Final week to submit your abstract

The deadline for abstract submission to the HFSP Frontier Workshop “Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science – Integrative Approaches to Evolution” is coming soon.

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your research alongside leading experts across paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, physics, and computational sciences.

📅 Deadline: 17 May 2026

🔗 Submit your abstract: https://zurl.co/dvqYV

From sleep to robotics, HFSP Research Grants cover a wide range of research across the life sciences. By bringing together different disciplines, these projects open new ways of understanding life, from cells to ecosystems.
Interdisciplinary by design.
Discover how HFSP supports interdisciplinary science: https://zurl.co/pm7Tb

🧠 How does the brain know whether to move forward or turn?

HFSP-supported researchers studied zebrafish and discovered that their brains organize sensory signals relative to the body’s center. Signals pointing toward the center and away from it are processed differently and routed to distinct motor circuits. This simple “body-centered map” helps transform complex sensory input into the right action.

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/R0UBi

Planning to join us in Geneva this July?
Registration is open!

The 25th HFSP Awardees Meeting will bring together HFSP awardees and alumni for three days of science and discussion at Campus Biotech Geneva, Switzerland, from 8–10 July 2026

We look forward to bringing together the HFSP community for three days of scientific exchange, discussion, and collaboration.

If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so now via the Participant Portal:

👉 https://zurl.co/EGgqa

The HFSP Symposium Frontier Science in Italy took place in Rome on 21 April, bringing together over 60 participants from across Italy, alongside an international speaker.

The symposium highlighted current advances in life science research and fostered engaging discussions across disciplines, reflecting HFSP’s commitment to collaborative, frontier science.

📸 Explore photos from the event, including highlights from the talks and discussions: https://zurl.co/3DMfO

HFSP Symposium "Frontier Science in Italy" - April 2026 Hosted in collaboration with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy, this symposium presented the current state of knowledge and applications used in life science research, which are driving the innovation economy of the future.

📝 Registration is now open!

Join us at the HFSP Frontier Workshop on Integrative Approaches to Evolution, taking place 3–5 August 2026 in London.

This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together researchers across paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, physics, and computational sciences to explore new approaches to understanding the history of life.

Secure your place and join the discussion!

🔗 Register now: https://zurl.co/TynjM