NeurotechEU: the European University of Brain and Technology
NeurotechEU is an alliance of eight leading European universities (Radboud Universiteit, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Karolinska Institutet, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie “Iuliu Hațieganu” din Cluj-Napoca, Université de Lille, Reykjavik University) and over 250 partners from industry, academia and civil society that have set themselves the mission of building an innovative, trans-European network of excellence for brain research and technologies. This network of excellence offers an ideal platform for delivering multidisciplinary, intersectoral and personalized training for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students in Europe while also promoting lifelong learning in all areas of society. This is designed to help increase the international competitiveness of European education, research, economy and society. NeurotechEU has set itself the goal of being both the backbone of efforts to tackle the challenges of neuroscience and a center for pioneering technologies in 2040.
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NeurotechEU: the alliance
Get to know NeurotechEU and join us on a fascinating journey across Europe, going all the way from Reykjavik to Istanbul and from Stockholm to Elche.
NeurotechEU in Bonn
The University of Bonn is one of eight European higher education institutions forming part of NeurotechEU. Find out more about our objectives and responsibilities in the alliance.
NeurotechEU for students
One of the main aims of NeurotechEU is to ensure an exceptional quality of multidisciplinary education for students. Find out more about offers and opportunities.
StratNeuro, in collaboration with the Career Service and NeurotechEU,
are excited to host the "Women in Neuroscience Network (WINN) Symposium"—
an inspiring event that highlights the diverse career paths of women in the field of neuroscience.
On behalf of Rector Michael Hoch and the Vice Rectors Birgit Ulrike Münch and Ilona Grunwald, we would like to cordially invite you to this year's NeurotechEU Meet-up Bonn.
This year's event will be hosted by Matthias Braun and is entitled:
Deep Fakes - Between Nudging and Manipulating
Generative AI is creating digital replicas on an unprecedented scale, and these are being manipulated and misused. Deep fakes are an issue in many areas, and it is already clear that the technology will continue to develop in this area in the future and could play a role in more and more sectors of society. The banking and finance sector, the education sector, but especially the healthcare sector, are coming under increasing pressure. Although healthcare is one of the most regulated industries, based on the principles of trust and precision, the risks of counterfeiting are still underestimated. Digital fakes in their current form can easily tempt patients to follow unproven and untested treatments that could cost lives. There is, therefore, an urgent need to understand and address the issues arising from the use of deep fakes in healthcare to avoid confusion, mistrust and compromised health outcomes. At the same time, deep fakes pose larger epistemological and ethical questions: How can we be sure of anything we know? How might we use technology to distinguish fact from fiction? In what domains might humans have always accepted fakes and still make good decisions?
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche is pleased to invite you to the NeurotechEU Winter School on "Challenges and risks of neuroscience and neurotechnology in times of Artificial Intelligence”. The Winter School will take place from December 16-18, 2024 in Elche, Spain.
Toward the future
“NeurotechEU has the ambitious goal of building a joint program for education and research in the important area of Neurotechnology across excellent European universities and research institutions. As the academic lead of NeurotechEU in Bonn, I feel very fortunate to work with our outstanding partners toward this great vision which already offers new and exciting opportunities for our students and researchers here in Bonn. We’d love to have you on board!
Prof. Dr. Ilona Grunwald Kadow
Head of the Institute of Physiology II
“NeurotechEU is setting the pace for global brain research and the development of digital technologies. It is also an outstanding hub for European academia. With its multidisciplinary top-level research and teaching, NeurotechEU will offer our students an inspiring international research environment.”
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch
Rector, University of Bonn
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Universities
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Joint grant programs
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Million euro in shared funding
Priorities, work packages and contacts
Collaboration between the partner universities that make up the European alliance is being optimized by creating a virtual platform, NeurotechEU Spaces, and a virtual teaching and learning platform, Campus+, to offer in-person, online and hybrid learning. The NeurotechEU Center for Lifelong Learning will support the continuing further development of its graduates and society in general. Integration into society and the economy will help these modern, excellent universities to focus on the current and future needs of the world in the areas of education, innovation and society in order to make their graduates more employable and foster an entrepreneurial spirit. Another priority for NeurotechEU Bonn is providing bespoke online courses in German as a foreign language that are tailored to the respective target group.
European Universities and other initiatives
Excellence in education and mobility for teachers, students and researchers across Europe, with no borders inside the network. Find out more about the backers of the European initiative.
European Universities Initiative
The European Universities Initiative as a flagship project and key pillar of the European Education Area.
National Agency within the DAAD
The DAAD is supplementing the European initiative with the accompanying national program for German higher education institutions.
BMBF: European Universities
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting the university networks in parallel with the European Universities Initiative.
The Europe Strategy of the University of Bonn
Increasing collaboration with partners in the European landscape of academic research and teaching is a primary objective for the University of Bonn, which aims to leverage to greater effect existing instruments for inter-networking academic institutions throughout the European Union.
NeurotechEU: Newsletter
Our newsletter keeps you up to date on the latest news of NeurotechEU at the University of Bonn. To subscribe to the newsletter, please send an e-mail with the subject “subscribe newsletter [your first name] [your last name]”.
