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5. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
whereas the 4th call is expected to be launched The scientific scope of the "Pathfinder" projects is
during 2019. very broad and applications may include studies to
improve our understanding of neurodegenerative
These calls for “Pathfinder” research projects aim to mechanisms or create technological advances to
catalyze collaborative research between the diffe- support new diagnostic or therapeutic approaches.
rent centers with a critical mass of resources and Joint nominations of researchers from identified Cen-
knowledge to drive a radical change in research in ters of Excellence are invited, and projects must in-
the field of neurodegeneration. Pathfinder project clude researchers from two or more countries. The
calls aim to encourage the scientific community to projects address issues that would not be easily fun-
think outside the pre-established frameworks, to sti- ded through the standard grant mechanisms of
mulate new unconventional approaches and thus COEN partners, and it is expected that, in addition to
reach creative solutions to the challenges of neuro- collaborations between Centers of Excellence, the
degeneration research, carrying out high-risk/high- projects will also serve to provide a platform for fu-
reward projects and welcoming unconventional ture collaboration with the industry
and innovative applications.
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