Prof. Alon Korengrin, head of the brain center in Bar-Ilan said: "This is an entrance ticket to a prestigious club of individual universities in the world that offer training that combines brain science and data science"
The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University won a grant of 3.7 million euros in the European Union's Erasmus program, to establish a unique program for an integrated international master's in neuroscience and data science. This is the first time that an Israeli university leads and wins this prestigious grant and it is partnered by universities from Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Finland and the Netherlands. Among the partner universities in the program is the University of Padua in Italy, where Galileo Galilei studied. Students from all over the world will be able to study in the program.
Neuroscience researchers have reached a point where analysis of vast amounts of data is required, a skill not provided to neuroscientists. These developments drive the pressing demand in the market for integrated brain expertise and data analysis in the fields of neurotech, technological innovation, health and education and constitute a unique opportunity for educational innovation in the form of an out-of-the-box educational track that focuses on the intellectual mobility of multidisciplinary researchers into the growing field of neuro-data science.
Bar Ilan University's Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center initiated and led a consortium of leading European universities from Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Finland and the Netherlands to submit a funding proposal for the establishment of a unique international master's program that combines neuroscience and data science studies. The program is intended for students from all over the world and won a prestigious grant of 3.7 million euros in the Erasmus program of the European Union - Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
According to Prof. Korengrin: "This unique project initiated and led by the Brain Research Center presents a much needed but lacking training program in neuroscience and data. Its goal is to develop an integrated multidisciplinary curriculum in neuroscience and data to cultivate researchers with in-depth knowledge in these two key areas. Students will be trained in basic neuroscience and data science during the first year of the program while applying these skills to neural data analysis during their second year. The students will study and research in leading European institutions and countries. "This program will educate the next generation of neuroscientists and adapt them to work in the changing conditions of the 21st century. This ability to research and understand big data will lead to breakthroughs in understanding the brain and diseases of the nervous system," emphasizes Prof. Alon Korengrin, head of the Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University."
"This project places Bar-Ilan University as a leader in the fields of advanced and international teaching, far above the other institutions in Israel. The Brain Center will promote and invest in the program over the next six years. The grant was given by Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters, integrated study programs at master's level, which are delivered in an international partnership of higher education institutions and stand out for their academic excellence and high level of integration." Prof. Korengrin concludes.
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