INCF (International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility)

General information

TThe INCF is devoted to the advancing field of Neuroinformatics. INCF coordinates the development of a large-scale international collaborative cyberinfrstructure for Neuroinformatics, brings together the world´s leading scientists, solves challenges in standardization and interoperability and helps facilitating the acquisition and annotation of diverse datasets.

INCF establishes and operates scientific programs to develop standards for neuroscience data sharing, analysis, modelling and simulation, while coordinating an informatics infrastructure designed to enable the integration of neuroscience data and knowledge worldwide and catalyse insights into brain function in health and disease.

The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) is a non-profit organization launched in 2005, following a proposal from the Global Science Forum of the OECD to establish international coordination and collaborative informatics infrastructure for neuroscience. The INCF opened its Secretariat in Stockholm in 2006 and currently has 17 member countries across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Each member country establishes an INCF National Node to further the development of Neuroinformatics and to interface with the INCF Secretariat.