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 derived data/ software tools / analytics or AI models or data back to OBI for open science sharing and/or have a clear IP plan. 
• Participate in webinars and in the CfA Community of Practice for neuroanalytics.
• Applicant is an Ontario or Canadian based company or academic research lab.

Preferences for CfA AI 2026 project:

• Proposals should incorporate open data, with a strong preference for Brain-CODE data, as part of the project plan. 
• Projects that can contribute to Federated Learning (FL) technology for model training, testing, and data usage. 
• Project that employ advanced data and AI modelling techniques such deep learning, foundational model fine tuning, synthetic cohort use, etc. 
• Projects targeting brain health across OBI related Integrated Discovery Program fields as well as dementias, vascular diseases, microbiome, and metabolic disorders. 
• Projects leveraging administrative health data and other data sources such as CIHI, GEMINI, CLSA, CanPath, etc

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 attend monthly touch base meetings and report by 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.