Review of the Human Frontier Science program
NIFU STEP has conducted a review of the recent policy changes in the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP).
HFSP is an international research program supporting basic life sciences aimed at the elucidation of the ‘sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms’. Major objectives of the program are to promote interdisciplinary and intercontinental collaboration and mobility. The interdisciplinarity, collaboration and mobility, as well as the peer review procedures of the program were evaluated.
The overall impression that appears from the analysis of the HFSP activities 2000 to 2005 is very positive. The HFSP is successful in terms of promoting interdisciplinarity and new collaborations, and fills a unique niche in international research funding. The report also includes recommendations for further improving the program.