Blanc International 1 Programme

The aim of the Blanc International programme is to provide a significant stimulus to ambitious scientific projects that are competitive on an international level, are highly original and break away from traditional research paths.

By launching transnational calls for proposals targeting collaborations with several countries in strategic domains, the ANR gives French researchers the opportunity to begin or to further their scientific collaborations, and thereby hopes to give rise to European and international teams of excellence.

Thus, to facilitate and encourage the setting up, deployment and cofinancing of the bilateral transnational projects proposed by French and foreign teams, the ANR has concluded specific cooperation agreements with several foreign funding agencies.

ANR funding of a project selected under this call for proposals shall be key to the success of the project, and clearly aim at enhancing the international competitiveness of French scientific research in the sector concerned.

In order to accommodate the constraints of the various foreign agencies in their programme schedule, the Blanc International Programme 2012 has been divided into two parts:  Blanc International I and Blanc International II.

The present call for proposals concerns the Blanc International I programme. The Blanc International II call for proposals will open in December 2012.

This "Blanc International I" call for proposals only concerns proposals made jointly with foreign teams who qualify according to the cooperation agreements mentioned in the call text. The 2012 edition of the Blanc International I Programme concerns proposals made jointly with American teams, in the fields of chemistry and materials.