To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease.
The Funders Collective is a collaborative group, comprising individual representatives from funding organisations around the world with a shared interest in the goals of HCA.
The Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) ensures communication and coordination between HCA scientific leadership, operational management, and representative funders. It was constituted to consist of at least six members:
The goal of the Funders Collective (FC) is to promote interaction, coordination and collaboration among funding organizations that share an interest in the goals of the HCA. FC members will seek to accelerate progress towards reaching these goals and avoid duplication of effort. The FC will not establish or direct the scientific goals of the HCA but rather engage in a forum to communicate and coordinate efforts that enable the scientist-led movement. The purpose of the Funders Collective meetings is to identify how these goals can be met through the sharing of information about funding opportunities, the development of joint activities, and through providing advice and feedback to the HCA OC. Participants in the Funder Collective will be asked and expected to maintain confidentiality of all information received in closed meetings.
The function of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) is to ensure communication and coordination between the scientific leadership, operational management, and representative funders. The JCC will evaluate and report back to the Funders Committee and HCA OC on the overall scope and executional success of the HCA operations in achieving the HCA’s mission. The JCC is co-chaired by the OC co-chairs and a representative appointed by the Funders Collective.
Funders Collective Charter providing an overview of the group’s goals and structure
See also our list of funded consortia.
Wellcome, UK
Please reach out to us if you have questions or wish to join the Funders Collective via funderscollective@humancellatlas.org.