The International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) strives to strengthen open scientific inquiry by
initiating international collaborative, interdisciplinary, and cutting-edge basic research in the life sciences.
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) develops and implements the
Program. The aim of the Program is to promote, through international cooperation, basic research
focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living systems, for the benefit
of all humankind. It aims to complement, not duplicate, the frontier life science programs of the countries
that financially support HFSPO.
HFSPO attaches highest importance to novelty, scientific merit, internationality, and interdisciplinarity.
Research topics may include biological functions at all levels of analysis, for example: studies on genes
and individual molecules, intracellular networks, intercellular associations in tissues and organs, and
networks underlying the complex functions of entire organisms including cognitive functions, as well as
populations or ecosystems.
Last date:18 March 2025
