Call for applications – Chairs of Excellence: Tremplin Outre-Mer

However, overseas research institutions continue to face persistent structural constraints, linked to an insufficient critical mass of research staff that is very unevenly distributed across the territories, to a certain thematic dispersion of research forces, affecting the mobilization of scientific communities, and to difficulties in attracting internationally visible profiles.  

The "Overseas Springboard" call has four main objectives:

• attract and anchor young high-level researchers and teacher-researchers, working in France or abroad, to overseas research institutions;
• structure and strengthen local research ecosystems through ambitious scientific projects, led by profiles capable of federating and leading teams;
• participate in the integration of the overseas territories into structured cooperation with the countries of their regional ocean basin;
• strengthen the positioning of overseas institutions in European competitive calls, in particular Horizon Europe, by using the springboard as a lever for ramping up.  

The eligible host institutions are the overseas universities of the French overseas departments and territories: 

• the University of the West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique);
• the University of Guyana;
• the University of Reunion;
• the University of French Polynesia;
• the University of New Caledonia;
• the University of Mayotte.