Project facts

The worldwide population is not getting younger. It’s ageing and putting our healthcare systems under pressure to cope with age-related diseases. In Europe, there’s a need for innovation, knowledge and experts who able to prompt significant changes in order to improve prediction, early diagnosis and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases with the priority to ensure brain health throughout life. In this direction, the EU-funded Neuro-Innovation project will establish a doctoral programme of training of new international experts who will become future leaders in research on brain health innovation. It will be focused on neuro-innovation, impact and neuro-ethics, combining knowledge of neurosciences, innovative management, social sciences and others to ensure a wide range of transferable skills.

Neuro-Innovation is co-funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union.

• Acronym: Neuro-Innovation
• Full title: Research and innovation for brain health throughout life
• Programme: H2020-EU.1.3.4. – Increasing structural impact by co-funding activities
• Topic: MSCA-COFUND-2020 – Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
• Call and funding scheme: H2020-SC1-2018-Single-Stage-RTD, MSCA-COFUND-DP – Doctoral programmes
• Grant Agreement number: 101034307
• Duration: 1 May 2020 – 30 April 2026
• Budget: 3.037.440 €, EC contribution 1.518.720 €
• Coordinator: University of Eastern Finland, Professor Päivi Eriksson

Project fact sheet and results in Cordis

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034307.