CORDIS · 101198942 · HORIZON
NEURO_OUTDOORS Neuroscience in the real world: Representation of position, direction and environmental borders in the hippocampal formation of bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island
Coordinator: WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IL)
Navigation is a key behavior, studied by multiple research fields. In ethology, wild animals are tracked outdoors using GPS tags as they navigate hundreds of meters or kilometers. In neuroscience, experiments are very different: laboratory animals are tracked inside small ~1×1-meter boxes, while recording the activity of navigation-related neurons – such as place cells, grid cells, head-direction cells, and border cells. However, it is unknown whether these spatial neurons, as studied in small laboratory-sized environments over 50 years, are relevant to large-scale navigation in the real worl…
About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.
0 EU contribution: €3.1M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 5 years from 2025-08-01 to 2030-07-31.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-ERC funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €3.1M.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call ERC-2024-ADG.
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IL).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2025-08-01 to 2030-07-31 — approximately 5 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101198942.