[3] Here users can upload, use, and share algorithms for brain imaging analysis,[4] have access to large neuroimaging datasets, and make computationally intensive analyses, all the time with specialized support and training.

neuGRID's proof-of-concept was carried out in 2009 when an Alzheimer's disease biomarker (3D cortical thickness with Freesurfer and CIVET) was extracted from 6.500 MR scans in 2 weeks versus 5 years that it would have taken in a traditional setting.

The second wave was funded in 2011 by the European Commission, now DG CONNECT, under the project neuGRID for you (N4U), with the main aim of expanding user services with more intuitive and graphical interfaces.

The initial neuGRID consortium involved 8 European partners from Italy, France, UK, Nederland, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland.

The coordinator of all three projects is Giovanni B Frisoni, neurologist based at the IRCCS Fatebenefratelli, The National Centre for Alzheimer's Disease in Brescia, Italy.