OBI’s Centre for Analytics (CfA) seeks to support innovators from startups and labs with the development and translation to care of novel neuroanalytics technologies.
 

Project key requirements: 

• Focus on brain health.
• 12 months duration. 
• Develop novel neuroanalytics methods and skills.
• Make use of multi-modal data, with Brain-CODE data a strong preference. 
• Have a clear translation plan (e.g., commercialization and/or partnership plan). 
• Align with patient priorities. 
• Identify at least one HQP that will gain skills in neuroanalytics during the project. 
• Agree to produce Methods Tutorial materials that describe the developed analytical/modelling method and data use in a blog-tutorial type of format (can include Jupyter Notebooks, Git code, etc). 
• Agree to contribute analytics tools / pipelines or data back to OBI for open access sharing – or have a clear IP plan. 
• Participate in webinars and in the CfA Community of Practice for neuroanalytics.
• Applicant is a Canadian research lab or early stage company.

Preferences for Cohort 3 (2025-2026) 

• Proposals utilizing existing open data, with a strong preference for Brain-CODE data. 
• Projects that can contribute to Federated Learning (FL) technology for model training, testing, and data usage. 
• Proposals that include a component related to the creation of synthetic data from Controlled Access datasets on Brain-CODE to accelerate algorithm testing and scientific discovery. 

Centre for Analytics contribution: 

• Funding and in-kind for HQP, expenses, and compute on OBI Cloud for a combined amount up to $80,000. 
• Support with computing on OBI Cloud and access to Brain-CODE data. 
• Fostering a Community of Practice in neuroanalytics.
• Support translation strategy and networking.

Note: projects will be required to report on outcomes within the first 12 months. Projects will not receive funding beyond 12 months. Participants can continue to participate in the CfA at a cost-recovery rate for services beyond the allotted amount and agreed-upon timeline.