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INCF

An open & FAIR neuroscience standards organization

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In 2026

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232

2026

23 acceptedShow
  • SciCommons Fullstack Development and AI Features

    Accepted project · by Abhishek__Farshwal

    SciCommons is an open source platform for researchers to interact, review, and discuss scientific papers. My project focuses on making the platform a...

  • Explainable Spatio-Temporal Graph Evolution for Developmental Neuroscience

    Accepted project · by Barshan Mondal

    This project studies the development of a tiny worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, focusing on how its cells divide, grow, and interact during its...

  • EBRAINS Modular Software Environments and Service Integration

    Accepted project · by Divyanshu Choudhury

    The EBRAINS Software Distribution is a monolithic Spack environment that takes over 48 hours to build, making rapid deployment and testing difficult....

  • Semi-automated iEEG analysis and viewing in a clinical and research environment

    Accepted project · by Eva Ozturk

    This project aims to further develop an open-source intracranial EEG (iEEG) analysis platform by integrating clinically relevant seizure detection...

  • BreathState: A Cross Platform App for HRV Biofeedback and Resonance Breathing Protocols

    Accepted project · by Faraz S

    Problem: Currently, resonance frequency-based HRV training is backed by robust scientific evidence, but it remains inaccessible to the masses due to...

  • The Virtual Brian : New graphical widgets for JupyterLab

    Accepted project · by Kambham Deepthi Reddy

    The Virtual Brain (TVB) provides an open-source simulation framework for whole-brain network modeling. Unlike the traditional approach of using...

  • ActiveVision: continued development of a data and model portal for the study of goal-directed vision

    Accepted project · by Lihong Chen

    This project builds an automated benchmarking ecosystem for goal-directed vision. It implements a high-priority leaderboard featuring automatic...

  • Project #27: Integrating Personalized HRF in The Virtual Brain & EBRAINS

    Accepted project · by M Srikanth

    This project will have the aim to derive the empirical HRF for each brain region and each subject from BOLD recordings, and then to use this HRF in a...

  • Integrating velocity modelling into PCNToolkit package

    Accepted project · by Maria Glushanina

    The project aims to improve longitudinal normative modelling in PCNtoolkit by validating, debugging, and extending velocity-based models to support...

  • Towards a Generalized Mapping Framework For Gesture-Responsive Music and Speech Generation

    Accepted project · by Mat Vallejo

    This project proposes a modular, real-time gesture-to-sound mapping framework for the GestureCap system. It will enable users to translate hand...

  • Expressive Gesture to Sound Mapping Framework for GestureCap

    Accepted project · by Mikael Molliex

    This project develops an expressive gesture-to-sound mapping layer for GestureCap, enabling low-latency gesture data to control playable instruments...

  • Reusable DSOMM Security Pipeline for EBRAINS MIP Platform

    Accepted project · by moghit-eou

    The Medical Informatics Platform (MIP) currently lacks standardized automated governance for its federated infrastructure, leading to deployment...

  • Strengthening Core Workflows and Notebook Integration in AnalySim

    Accepted project · by Mohab Elshamy

    This project will improve AnalySim’s core reliability by addressing fragile user workflows, improving query and search behavior, and making the...

  • Contribute to LORIS: Improving reliability and maintainability in the electrophysiology browser

    Accepted project · by Montek

    This project aims to improve the reliability and maintainability of the LORIS electrophysiology browser through scoped enhancements to browser...

  • #40: QC-Studio-integrated quality control toolkit for MRI datasets

    Accepted project · by Niusha Sadat Mirhakimi

    MRI quality control (QC) is an essential but highly manual and repetitive process in neuroimaging research. Currently, reviewers must navigate...

  • ImageJ Active Segmentation platform: Parallel Engine for ASP/IJ

    Accepted project · by Pakhi Awasthi

    This project accelerates the convolution core of the Active Segmentation Plugin (ASP) in ImageJ by offloading its most compute-intensive pixel...

  • A Python Command Line Interface (CLI) for the CBRAIN Distributed Computing Platform

    Accepted project · by RafsanNeloy

    The project develops an improved Python-based CLI for the CBRAIN distributed computing platform, aiming on usability and modular design. It replaces...

  • #17 Project Experanto

    Accepted project · by Reema Hanim Hanass

    Implement an ast based behavioral filter enabling queries like `(treadmill>0 and eye is not nan) & screen == video`, and expand dataset support with...

  • HarmonyHub Music Education Interface: Mobile App Hardening and Relative Intonation Learning

    Accepted project · by Renan Cavalcanti

    HarmonyHub is an open-source platform designed to improve music education through interactive and technology-driven learning experiences. While the...

  • Project 39 NeuroSim As A Physics Constrained Model for Finite Horizon Network Control Theory

    Accepted project · by RitamKRoy

    The application of Network Control Theory to medical neuroimaging consistently faces the approximation crisis. Current tools rely on infinite-horizon...

  • Refactoring Synaptic Behavior in HNN-Core

    Accepted project · by Satvik Saluja

    This project focuses on improving the computational efficiency and biological realism of synaptic modeling in HNN-Core by refactoring how synapses...

  • Fix outstanding issues in Brian2CUDA

    Accepted project · by Weiyuan Du

    Problem: Brian2CUDA offers significant GPU acceleration for neural simulations, but its current "beta" state contains friction points that hinder...

  • Improving Statistical Efficiency, Methodological Coverage, and Contributor Onboarding in NiMARE

    Accepted project · by Yu Luo

    This project enhances NiMARE’s performance and developer accessibility through a dual-phase optimization strategy. The first phase modernizes the...

2025

25 acceptedShow
  • Conda packaging for GeNN

    Accepted project · by Agrim Patil

    GeNN is a C++ library that generates code for efficiently simulating Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) using GPUs. In order to compile this generated...

  • Studying Peripheral Physiological Modulation of Brain Activity (INCF #27)

    Accepted project · by Alex Zhao

    Traditionally, brain activity has been analyzed independently from peripheral physiological measurements like the electrocardiogram (ECG), but our...

  • Python API for new cell types

    Accepted project · by Chetan Kandpal

    This project will involve refactoring the Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN-core) codebase to enable flexible development of neural circuits with...

  • GestureCap: Using markerless motion capture and gesture recognition for music generation

    Accepted project · by Deepansh Goel

    Last year, work on GestureCap focused on developing an Arduino-based latency measurement system and optimizing the pipeline for low-latency...

  • Developing standardised biophysically detailed neuronal circuit models using NeuroML

    Accepted project · by Hengye Zhu

    This project will convert Macaque auditory thalamocortical circuits model based on NetPyNE implementation into NeuroML standard formats and testing...

  • Developing an ISPC Backend for GeNN to Enable CPU-Based SNN Simulations

    Accepted project · by Jash Vora

    GeNN is a C++ library used for simulating Spiking Neural Networks through GPU-based code generation (CUDA/HIP). Currently, its accessibility is...

  • DevoTG: Dynamic Graph Neural Networks for Modeling C. elegans Development

    Accepted project · by JayaG

    The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans serves as a pivotal model organism in developmental biology due to its well-defined cell lineage, compact genome,...

  • 3. HarmonyHub: Front-end interface refactoring and expansion for multi-instrument support

    Accepted project · by Komal Bhalotia

    HarmonyHub is an open-source, modular web application designed to revolutionize music education by integrating modern technologies and pedagogical...

  • MODELING NEURAL DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS OF C. elegans USING GROWING HYPERGRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS

    Accepted project · by Lalith Bharadwaj

    This proposal outlines a novel computational framework for modeling neural developmental programs using Growing Hypergraph Neural Networks (Growing...

  • ActiveVision: a data and model portal for the study of goal-directed vision

    Accepted project · by Lihong Chen

    This project develops an open portal for goal-directed vision research, integrating eye-tracking datasets and machine learning models with tools for...

  • Develop Python API for Multi-Network Simulations in Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN)

    Accepted project · by Maira usman

    ​The Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN) is an open-source neural modeling tool designed to help researchers and clinicians interpret human brain...

  • A Python Command Line Interface (CLI) for the CBRAIN Distributed Computing Platform

    Accepted project · by Md Asiful Alam

    The project will develop a Python-based CLI for CBRAIN using its Python API Client Swagger API, allowing advanced users to manage research data and...

  • BreathState: an open-source Android/iOS and PC app for breathing and heart-rate synchronization

    Accepted project · by Michael Lewis

    The project will develop the first version of an app that uses Bluetooth to connect with heart-rate and respiration sensors, calculate metrics of...

  • #23 SciCommons : A Social-Web Tool For Scientific Discussion, Interaction, Rating and Peer Review

    Accepted project · by Mohd Faisal Ansari

    SciCommons is an open-source platform aimed at improving the scientific peer review process through better user experience and web application...

  • Transitioning from Simulation-Based Inference to Automatic MCMC for Virtual Brain Inference

    Accepted project · by Monica Paoletti

    This project aims to replace Simulation-Based Inference (SBI) methods with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques for inference problems...

  • PROJECT #8: Brian Simulator :: Replace Brian’s just-in-time compilation mechanism

    Accepted project · by Mrigesh_Thakur

    This project aims to replace Brian’s current just-in-time (JIT) compilation system, which relies on Cython. While functional, Cython introduces slow...

  • Brian2Wasm: simulations in the browser

    Accepted project · by Palash Chitnavis

    This project focuses on enhancing the overall workflow by improving the detection and configuration of the Emscripten toolchain. It aims to optimize...

  • Harmony Hub: Using Generative AI for Adaptive Learning in Music

    Accepted project · by PRIYANSHU2026

    While music educators strive to provide personalized learning paths, existing educational tools often lack the flexibility to adapt to diverse...

  • Automating BIDS Dataset Registration into the EBRAINS Knowledge Graph

    Accepted project · by Renqing Cuomao

    This project aims to build an automated workflow to register BIDS-compliant neuroimaging datasets from external repositories (e.g. Public nEUro) into...

  • Parallel Filter Implementation for ASP/IJ

    Accepted project · by Rikas Ilamdeen

    The Active Segmentation Platform for ImageJ (ASP/IJ) aims to provide a general-purpose workbench that allows biologists and other domain experts to...

  • [Project 20] Build an AI Agent for KnowledgeSpace using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Accepted project · by Swastik R

    This project builds an AI-powered agent for KnowledgeSpace using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver precise, context-aware, and...

  • 19. Contribute to LORIS

    Accepted project · by T Saket Hatwar

    LORIS is a comprehensive data management platform that supports diverse datasets in neuroscience research, including imaging, behavioural, clinical,...

  • Fullstack cloud deployment for NiiVue

    Accepted project · by Thuy T. Dao

    NiiVue is a versatile tool for visualizing and handling neuroimaging data, but insufficient documentation creates friction in using it in deploying...

  • Project 28 Analysim , Preparing for beta release by adding admin section, forking datasets etc.

    Accepted project · by Uday Biswas

    Project Deliverables • Admin Section : Implement an admin dashboard to manage users, projects, and datasets. Add moderation tools for handling...

  • Open Source Community Sustainability

    Accepted project · by Vidhi Rohira

    SustainHub is an AI-driven simulation platform designed to study and enhance the sustainability of open-source communities. It models contributors,...

2024

27 acceptedShow

2023

22 acceptedShow

2022

35 acceptedShow

2021

21 acceptedShow

2020

21 acceptedShow

2019

17 acceptedShow

2018

16 acceptedShow

2017

13 acceptedShow

2016

12 acceptedShow

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