Specific Aims
(1) To enable Taiwan to compete at the international level in brain research.
(2) To act as a model of how to conduct research and education in a multi-disciplinary topic for other Taiwan institutions.
(3) To stimulate interactions among scientists with diverse backgrounds to work on problems of common interest that have a grand scope.
(4) To develop the coordination of basic biomedical research, so that it may lead to useful clinical applications more quickly.
(5) To help to establish a vibrant biotechnology industry that will benefit the mental and physical health of society as well as the economy of Taiwan.