Cognitive Sciences 2018
The third WWTF Call “Cognitive Sciences" is completed. Proposals had to bring together two to three different disciplines to address innovative research questions in order to advance the understanding of cognition in humans, animals or artificial systems. Improving the interconnectedness of different research areas within the call theme was another key element of this call.
Funding volume: 3.497.880 €
Number of applications: 55 short proposals, 18 invited full proposals
Awarding procdure: Two stage selection process by international expert jury based on review report by peers
Jury meeting: November 26, 2018
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: December 11, 2018
Contact person: Benjamin Missbach
Gero Miesenböck (Jury Chair) | University of Oxford, UK
Martine Cador | Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, FR
Ophelia Deroy | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE
Martin Giurfa | Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, FR
Günther Knoblich | CEU Central European University, HU
Katharina Riebel | Leiden University, NL
Marcel van Gerven | Radboud University, NL
Funded projects
- CS18-012 Claus Lamm (University of Vienna)
Convergent evolution of the social brain? A comparative dog-human fMRI approach (EVOSOCBRAIN)
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 600,000 - CS18-019 Hans-Ulrich Dodt (Vienna University of Technology)
High resolution visualization of memory traces in the brain
Duration: 66 months, Funding volume: € 598,580 - CS18-021 Leonida Fusani (University of Vienna)
Comparative aesthetics: A novel approach to investigate multi-modal attractiveness in humans and animals
Duration: 55 months, Funding volume: € 515,000 - CS18-023 Alice Auersperg (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)
The innovation problem: factors influencing innovative tool use in human infants and cockatoos
Duration: 61 months, Funding volume: € 600,000 - CS18-039 Thomas Klausberger (Medical University of Vienna)
Prefrontal circuits for cognitive flexibility in an extradimensional set-shifting task for mice and humans
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 599,600 - CS18-042 Sabine Tebbich (University of Vienna)
Coping with change: The influence of early experience, nutrition and stress on behavioral flexibility
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 584,700