Maastricht University (MU) is the most international university in the Netherlands and, with more than 16,000 students and 4,000 employees, is still growing. The university stands out for its innovative education model, international character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education. Today it is considered one of the best young universities in the world (#4 in the 2016 THE ranking of universities younger than 50 years). In FP7 MU was involved in over 150 projects with approximately 60 million euro of funding volume. In 2014 and 2015 it had reached again 50 projects with approximately 20 million euro of funding volume.

The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at MU is home to the department of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (M-BIC), comprising of 9 research groups, that are carrying out research on the topics such as auditory perception emotion and cognition columnar level fMRI, physiological (f)MRI, visual perception and learning, developmental neuroscience, and fMRI methods. MU will contribute to MindSpaces in addition to office space for the staff working on the project and access to the facilities, other existing smaller equipment (such as a power platform, camcorder, camera, etc.) and software (e.g., for behavioral analysis and video editing) if needed. MU has strong expertise in affective neuroimaging research mainly focused on face and body emotion recognition and regularly hosts artist residences. In the framework of the project Prof. de Gelder will organize events stimulating collaboration with artists and use the network and facilities of the non-profit organisation Fundamental Research (www.fundamentalresearch.org).