There's more information about the project here: http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/files/HBP_fla

There's more information about the project here: http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/files/HBP_flagship.pdf http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/files/HBP_flagship.pdf The project is not actually as absurd as it sounds -- the funding is over 10 years, and it's funding a large number of different research programs in molecular neuroscience (8%), cognitive neuroscience (12%), theoretical neuroscience (6%), neuroinformatics (7%), medical informatics (6%), brain simulation (10%), HPC (18%), neuromorphic computing (14%), robotics (11%), and society/ethics (2%). About half of the budget is going to personnel / students, and the research is being done by a large consortium of established PIs. Basically, they're creating a "European Institute of Neuroscience". IMHO, the way that it's been branded as as a giant "brain simulation" makes it look a little silly to other scientists -- but on the other hand it seems to have worked pretty well with the politicians.