EAGER From Genomics to Brain Science: What Makes Researchers Tick in Transdisciplinary Initiatives

生物学和计算机之间的跨学科形成促进了破译人类基因组的变革性成就。破译人脑的功能同样是为了开启生物医学和技术进步的新纪元。通过推进创新神经技术进行大脑研究(Brain)倡议是一个由联邦政府资助的伞形计划，旨在简化美国脑科学的研究工作。人脑计划(HBP)是由欧盟资助的一项竞争性倡议，它与Brain目标相同，但追求不同的政策、组织战略和激励结构。其结果是不同的多层次过程将人、思想、科学文化和机构整合在同一个跨学科挑战中。综合考虑，这两个项目为比较科学和创新政策相互作用对科学家之间合作的影响提供了基础。该项目建立了一个数据集，包括资金来源和出版来源，以及教师数据库，以捕捉来自不同学科和生态系统的学者之间的互动。统计和网络工具确定协作模式及其作为大脑和HBP政策干预的结果的演变。通过量化方法确定的主要参与者的访谈形式的定性反馈，将支持对结果的细微差别解释，并指导延期和政策建议。

The transdisciplinary formation between biology and computing fostered the transformative achievement of decoding the human genome. Decoding the functionality of the human brain is similarly posed to usher in a new era of biomedical and technological advancements. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative is a federally funded umbrella program aimed to streamline research efforts in brain science in the United States. The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a competitive initiative funded by the European Union, which shares the same goal with BRAIN but pursues different policies, organizational strategies and incentive structures. The result is different multilevel processes integrating people, ideas, scientific cultures, and institutions in the same transdisciplinary challenge. Examined together, these two projects offer a base for comparisons of the impact of science and innovation policy interactions on collaborations among scientists. The project build a dataset that funding and publication sources, with faculty databases to capture the interactions among scholars fromvarious disciplines and ecosystems. Statistical and network tools identify patterns of collaboration and their evolution as a result of the BRAIN and HBP policy intervention. Qualitative feedback in the form of interviews from key players identified via the quantitative methods, will support nuanced interpretations of the results and guide extensions and policy recommendations.