Efficiently networking European neurodegeneration research

IMI’s growing neurodegenerative disorders (ND) portfolio is to get a new, dynamic platform – NEURONET – that will make it easier for the many projects to exploit synergies and connect the resources and needs of the different projects. NEURONET aims to be a key enabler and mediator across the portfolio, assisting in identifying gaps, multiplying impacts, enhancing visibility and ensuring coordination with related initiatives in Europe and worldwide. The mapping of ND actions and initiatives is among NEURONET’s objectives, as is providing coordination and support to the individual IMI projects, management support to the whole programme, and the identification and dissemination of best practices and learnings. Designed to take a different approach to typical Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs), NEURONET hopes to help IMI’s ND projects to create a platform for the efficient collaboration of current and future IMI ND projects, thus helping them to make progress and deliver results that will benefit the millions of people who live with neurodegenerative diseases.