The ’Human Frontier Science Program’ promotes intercontinental collaboration and training in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research focused on the life sciences.
The 'Human Frontier Science Program' promotes intercontinental collaboration and training in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research focused on the life sciences. WWU - Robert Matzke The research funding award "Program Grant" of the international "Human Frontier Science Program" (HFSP) in the selection round 2021 goes to Prof Benjamin Risse from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Münster. The computer scientist receives the three-year grant for a project to research new AI (artificial intelligence) algorithms and imaging systems to study plant-pollinator interactions. He is implementing the project together with an international team. The selection process for HFSP funding is highly competitive. Out of an original 709 applications from researchers from more than 50 countries, 28 projects are now funded after a multi-stage selection process - seven in the "Early Career" funding line and 21 in the "Programme Grants" line. Each team member will receive between 110,000 and 125,0000 US dollars per year for three years, which is roughly equivalent to 300,000 euros in total.
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