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EBRAINS RI

Europe's Digital Infrastructure for Brain Research

EBRAINS RI

EBRAINS is an open research infrastructure (RI) that provides data, tools and services for brain-related research – from the molecular and cellular levels to the whole organ. The EBRAINS infrastructure was originally built by the EU-funded Human Brain Project and is now advancing with the support of the European Commission, a network of National Nodes and institutional partners from across Europe.

EBRAINS 2.0

Since 2024, the EBRAINS infrastructure is being further developed within the EU-funded EBRAINS 2.0 project. Its aim is to establish a new standard for brain atlases, gather and connect multimodal brain data and advance digital twin approaches.

Illustration of the multiple-scales network of a human brain

Featured Events

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Erice, Italy
Erice 2025 – 10 Years of Modelling the Brain: Digital Twins and Clinical Frontiers
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Brussels, Belgium
EBRAINS Summit 2025
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Nice, France
1st EBRAINS Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Brain Research
National Nodes
Institutional members
Thousand registered users
Regional Presence

Building on the best of national efforts through a pan-European network of National Nodes run by EBRAINS member institutions

EBRAINS works as a European-level undertaking, combining scientific contributions and perspectives from institutional and national levels. Digital technology allows us to connect the greatest European strengths in research and make them accessible to everyone. In this way, EBRAINS enables overcoming the fragmentation of research efforts and fosters large-scale coordination and cooperation.
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Become Part of EBRAINS

EBRAINS is a distributed infrastructure, built by and for the brain research community. There are many ways that you can get involved with EBRAINS both as an individual researcher or as an institution.

Leader of European research initiatives

Towards a European Brain Partnership

EBRAINS is be part of several game-changing projects and initiatives, in which we join forces with leading institutions to achieve tangible results and outcomes in different areas of brain science.

Science Vision

Our vision is to revolutionise how neuroscience research is performed, changing the research culture from fragmented individual laboratory efforts to integrated platform research, ultimately leading to a better understanding of the brain and improving brain health and technology.

Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts, EBRAINS Joint CEO

Testimonials

“This research is not only relevant for Europe, but globally.“

Henna Virkkunen, European Commissioner for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, EU Commission Vice President

“Through initiatives like EBRAINS, Europe can lead in NeuroAI.“

Sabine Verheyen, First Vice-President of the European Parliament

“EBRAINS has been essential for my scientific development.“

João Ferreira, EBRAINS Student Ambassador and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Create an account

EBRAINS is open and free. Sign up now for complete access to our tools and services.