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A N N U a L R E P O R T 2 0 0 1 0 2 Acknowledgements T R HFSPO is grateful for the support of the following organizations: O P Australia E R National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) L Canada A Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) U Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) N European Union N European Commission - A Directorate General Information Society (DG INFSO) European Commission - Directorate General Research (DG RESEARCH) France Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg (CUS) Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes (MAEE) Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR) Région Alsace Germany Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) India Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology Italy Ministry of Education, University and Research (CNR) Japan Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Republic of Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) New Zealand Health Research Council (HRC) Norway Research Council of Norway (RCN) Switzerland State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) United Kingdom The International Human Frontier Science Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Program Organization (HFSPO) Council (BBSRC) 12 quai Saint Jean - BP 10034 Medical Research Council (MRC) 67080 Strasbourg CEDEX - France Fax. +33 (0)3 88 32 88 97 United States of America e-mail: [email protected] National Institutes of Health (NIH) Web site: www.hfsp.org National Science Foundation (NSF) Japanese web site: http://jhfsp.jsf.or.jp HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM The Human Frontier Science Program is unique, supporting international collaboration to undertake innovative, risky, basic research at the frontiers of the life sciences. Special emphasis is HFSPO given to the support and training of independent young Registre des Associations de Strasbourg investigators, beginning at the postdoctoral level. The Program is Volume 58- Folio 99 Achevé d’imprimé en juillet deux mille onze implemented by an international organisation, supported sur les presses de Faber financially by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the 12 quai Saint Jean European Union. Since 1990, nearly 6000 awards have been made BP 10034 to researchers from more than 70 countries. Of these, 16 HFSP 67080 Strasbourg CEDEX France awardees have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize. Fax. +33 (0)3 88 32 88 97 e-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.hfsp.org Japanese web site: http://jhfsp.jsf.or.jp © Photos: HFSPO thanks Rae Silver, Frederick MacKintosh and Michael Elowitz for supplementary photos, in addition to those provided by Sandro Weltin (p. 7, 17, 27, 39, 53), Toru Nakahara (p.10), Musashi University (p. 12), BNP Paribas Real Estate (p.15), the Ravi Studio, Thiruvananthapuram (p. 9, 41) and those taken from the website of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden (p. 25), iStockphoto (cover), iStockphoto (p.16), iStockphoto (p.26), shutterstock/ arteretum (p.6), shutterstock/ Michael Pettigrew (p.52), shutterstock/ Nancy Kennedy (p.68). 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:06 Page3 APRIL 2010 - MARCH 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:06 Page4 Table of contents The following documents are available on the HFSP web site www.hfsp.org Joint Communiqués (Tokyo 1992, Washington 1997, Berlin 2002, Bern 2004, Ottawa 2007, Canberra 2010): http://www.hfsp.org/about-us/governance/intergovernmental-conference Statutes of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization: http://www.hfsp.org/about-us/governance/statutes Guidelines for the participation of new members in the HFSP: http://www.hfsp.org/about-us/new-membership General Reviews of the HFSP (1996, 2001, 2006-2007, 2010): http://www.hfsp.org/about-us/reviews-hfsp Updated and previous lists of awards, including titles and abstracts: http://www.hfsp.org/awardees 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:06 Page5 INTRODUCTION 7 Introduction 8 Highlights in FY 2010 9 Message of the Secretary General 10 Board of Trustees 12 Council of Scientists 14 Secretariat 15 CHAPTER 1 - FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 17 1.1 Introduction 18 1.2 Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships 18 1.3 Fellowship Awards in 2011 20 1.4 Short-Term Fellowships 22 1.5 Career Development Awards 23 1.6 Career Development Awards in 2011 24 1.7 The 2011 Review Committee for Fellowships 25 CHAPTER 2 - RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM 27 2.1 Overview of the Grant Program 28 2.2 Young Investigator Grants 30 2.3 Program Grants 30 2.4 Research Grant Awards in 2011 31 2.5 The 2011 Review Committee for Research Grants 36 CHAPTER 3 - OUTREACH AND NETWORKING 39 3.1 HFSP Nakasone Award 40 3.2 Awardees Meeting 41 3.3 Communications 42 3.4 Alumni network 44 3.5 Honours and Prizes 45 CHAPTER 4 - BUDGET AND FINANCE 59 4.1 Guidelines for HFSPO funding 54 4.2 Key financial figures for FY 2010 54 4.3 FY 2010 financial summary 61 4.4 Budget for program activities FY 2011 63 APPENDIX 77 A.1 History of the Program 70 A.2 Joint Communiqué of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Human Frontier Science Program, Canberra, 28 May 2010 72 A.3 Summary of decisions of the Board of Trustees in 2010 74 A.4 Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships awarded in 2010 75 A.5 Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 77 A.6 Career Development Awards made in 2010 78 A.7 Research Grants awarded in 2010 79 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:07 Page6 — 6 — 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:07 Page7 Introduction Introduction Highlights in FY 2010 Message of the Secretary General Board of Trustees Council of Scientists Secretariat Ernst-Ludwig WINNACKER (Secretary General), Toru NAKAHARA (Deputy Secretary General), Front: Jill HUSSER — 7 — 78143•HFSP-RA-2011-chap1_HFSP-RA-2011-chap1 15/06/11 16:07 Page8 Introduction Since 1990, 865 Research Grants involving 3,279 scientists, 2,520 Long-Term, 68 Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships and 164 Career Development Awards have been awarded. Researchers from more than 70 countries have received HFSP funding so far. The focus of research supported by HFSP is on the complex mechanisms of living organisms, ranging from the biomolecular level to that of behaving organisms. The life sciences have undergone a revolution in recent years, emerging as a leading The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) scientific area with a convergence of interest from promotes fundamental research in the life other disciplines such as physics, mathematics, sciences with special emphasis on novel and chemistry, computer science and engineering on interdisciplinary research, international and in solving biological questions. HFSP aims to stay at the particular intercontinental collaboration and forefront of research by involving scientists from support for young investigators. Since its outside the life sciences as part of research establishment in 1989, HFSP has demonstrated collaborations and as postdoctoral fellows. To this end, the value of creating a framework for the Young Investigator and Program Grants are competitive, collaborative, international research specifically geared to fostering interactions between scientists from different disciplines and this is a major of the highest caliber and of providing young factor in the review of applications in these programs. scientists with the opportunity to emerge as In addition, HFSP has extended its commitment talented researchers capable of shaping the to interdisciplinary research by introducing science of the future. Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships to equip young scientists from outside biology with the skills needed The International Human Frontier Science Program to tackle problems in the life sciences. Organization (HFSPO) implements the Program through the following mechanisms of research A program dedicated to the frontiers of science must support, details of which can be found in Chapters 1 support the next generation of researchers, who are in and 2 of this report: the strongest position to open new avenues of research. Several of the HFSP programs are specifically ■ Long-Term Fellowships – for young scientists within targeted towards early career scientists: the Fellowship three years of obtaining their PhD who wish to programs, Career Development Award and Young broaden their scientific experience in a foreign Investigator Grants. In addition, Program Grant teams laboratory. are encouraged to include young scientists with the result that a significant number of scientists under ■ Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships – modeled on the the age of 40 participate in this program. Taking these Long-Term Fellowships but specifically for scientists researchers together, approximately 70% of annual with Ph.Ds in non-biological disciplines who seek HFSP funds are awarded to early career researchers. training in the life sciences. The HFSPO is governed by a Board of Trustees (Board) ■ Career Development Awards – for former HFSP consisting of representatives of the MSPs. The Board Fellows to help them set up their own independent is advised by a scientific advisory body, the Council laboratories in the home country. of Scientists (Council) and the Organization is run from the Secretariat in Strasbourg, France. ■ Young Investigator Grants – grants for
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