What makes #HFSP different? 🧪

The independent Grand Review highlights its distinctive funding niche: supporting high-risk research, unconventional combinations of disciplines and international collaborations.

Explore the findings ➡️ zurl.co/ZvIiL

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🔬 We are heading to #IUMS2026 in Lisbon!

Join our symposium on Frontier Research in Microbiology and visit the #HFSP booth #04 to explore support opportunities. 🧪

📅 5 Nov | 16:40 | Room 5A

Explore the program: zurl.co/slOTJ

#sts #frontierscience #microbiology

The HFSP Science Digest #5 is out! 📖

68 pages, 30 articles exploring frontier life sciences, from the origins of life to the rhythms of aquatic mammals.

Discover the science: zurl.co/MbiDb

#HFSP #ScienceDigest 🧪 #sts

🧠 Machines wear down under repeated stress. Neurons can repair themselves!

#HFSP-supported research reveals how neurons restore their internal structure after mechanical damage, helping them remain functional throughout our lives. 🧪

🔗 zurl.co/VW3SK

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Everyone should be considering an #HFSP Research Grant. If you are not, you are doing something wrong and missing out!

🧪 Considering an HFSP Research Grant?

Join our webinar on the 2028 call for application guidance and a live Q&A!

📅 17 Nov | Two sessions:
🕘 09:00 CET
🕓 16:00 CET

🔗 Register: zurl.co/qHCzP

#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

Do you love birds? Have you ever wondered what makes them so colorful? Are you a PhD with expertise in -omics? If yes😃, we are offering a postdoc position at IRBI (CNRS/UTours). Come join us! Apply here: tinyurl.com/phas3sep by 28 October 2026 #ColSci #Birds #omics #HFSP-funded @hfspo.bsky.social

The #HFSPMasterclass is underway in Oslo!

Researchers are working alongside experienced HFSP reviewers, using real examples and hands-on exercises to learn what makes a strong application for bold, international & interdisciplinary science. 🧪

#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

How do T cells kick-start immune signaling? 🔬

#HFSP researchers found that tiny surface protrusions rapidly form close contacts with target cells, helping receptors cluster and trigger signaling. These findings could provide valuable insights for engineering CAR T cells.

📑zurl.co/Ldtn0

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What does #FrontierScience look like in practice? 🔬

7 case studies from the #HFSP Grand Review explore bold, high-risk research and the discoveries, collaborations and new directions that followed. 🧪

Explore the stories ➡️ zurl.co/wrwYg

#sts #ResearchImpact

A year in frontier science. 🌍🧬
Bold research, international collaborations, scientific meetings and a global community pushing the boundaries of life science.
Explore the people, science and stories that shaped HFSP in 2025: 📖 zurl.co/zsAIA

#HFSP #FrontierScience

🧪 What can viruses in South African wetlands tell us about our changing climate?
For the International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South, we celebrate international scientific exchange through an #HFSP collaboration across South Africa, UK, USA & France.
📖 zurl.co/hKjcL
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Your research + one completely different discipline. What are you choosing? 👀
We asked a few scientists and got some interesting answers.
At #HFSP, crossing disciplinary boundaries is part of what makes frontier science possible.
🤝 What's your ideal collaboration?
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🧪🎥 Missed the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop or want to revisit a talk?
The workshop videos are now available on #HFSP YouTube, bringing together perspectives on fossils, evolution, AI, robotics and more!
▶️ zurl.co/vewYL

#Evolution #sts #InterdisciplinaryScience

Next stop for the #HFSPMasterclass: Norway!
From 28–30 September, invited scientists will meet in Oslo for hands-on training on developing strong applications for #HFSP Research Grants & Fellowships, with guidance from experienced HFSP reviewers.
zurl.co/XPd2f
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Bacteria have rotary motors and evolution has been upgrading them!🦠⚙️
#HFSP researchers reveal how existing proteins can be recruited as new components, helping bacterial flagellar motors generate more torque and power their microscopic propellers.
📑zurl.co/ixg3R
#Evolution #sts 🧪