Funding – 2018

Generic call for proposals

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Closed

Opening : 2017-09-14 at 15h41 CEST

Pre-proposal deadline : 2017-10-26 at 13h00 CEST

Application Deadline : 2018-03-28 at 13h00 CEST

GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018: simplified presentation by research theme

The ANR is launching its generic call for proposals for the year 2018 (GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018). It is open to all scientific disciplines and all types of research, from the most fundamental projects to applied research conducted as part of a partnership with a company, especially SMEs and very small businesses.

THE GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018 corresponds to the principal "Research and innovation" component of the Work Programme 2018, which has been simplified and is now structured by research theme.

A total of 36 research themes are presented in the framework of the nine societal challenges*.
Three themes fall outside the challenge framework, supporting certain fundamental disciplines.
Eight research themes are cross-disciplinary challenges at the crossroads of several challenges (“Interchallenge” themes).

Every theme corresponds to a scientific evaluation committee (SEC).

For improved disciplinary and cross-disciplinary identification, commensurate with the challenges, the project leader will choose a research theme that corresponds to a scientific evaluation committee (SEC).

Download the GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018

Two-stage selection process

The review process for the GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS takes place in two stages:

The first stage consists of submitting a preliminary proposal online.

The preliminary proposal is reviewed by two members of the SEC. The SEC then holds a plenary session to review the proposals and collectively determine which preliminary proposal applicants will be invited to submit a detailed proposal for the second stage.

The coordinators of the preliminary proposals selected at the end of this first stage will be invited to submit a detailed proposal online, which will be reviewed in the second stage.

The detailed proposals are reviewed by a minimum of two external experts appointed by the members of the SEC.

Once the review process is completed, proposal coordinators are invited to respond to the experts' comments. The SEC will then hold a plenary session to examine each proposal based on all these elements, in order to make a final assessment and collectively determine a ranking for the proposals.

Schedule

- Stage 1

Launch of submission website: 29 September 2017
Deadline for submission of preliminary PRC (Collaborative Research Projects)/PRCE (Collaborative Research Projects – Enterprises)/JCJC (Young Researchers) proposals: 26 October 2017 at 1 pm (Paris time)
Stage 1 results: 14 February 2018

- Stage 2

Launch of submission website for detailed PRC/PRCE/JCJC and PRCI (Collaborative Research Projects – International) proposals: 20 February 2018
Submission site : https://aap.agencerecherche.fr
Submission site for PRCI : https://aapgenerique.agencerecherche.fr/prci
Deadline for submission of detailed proposals: 27 March 2018, 01.00PM (Paris time)
Rebuttal: 23 May to 29 May 2018
Publication of first results for PRC/PRCE/JCJC instruments: July 2018
(The publication of PRCI proposal results depends on the schedule of negotiations with foreign funding agencies)

New: continued simplification of submission procedures

For 2018, the ANR is continuing its simplification drive to facilitate submission procedures for the GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018. Simplification of PRCI submission: a detailed proposal in stage 2 only (eradication of the registration phase in stage 1) Criteria and sub-criteria differentiated between stage 1 and stage 2, in line with the formats of the scientific documents submitted: six sub-criteria for stage 1 and nine for stage 2.

Funding instruments

The GENERIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018 deploys a range of funding instruments open to all scientific disciplines and all types of research, from the most fundamental projects to finalised or applied research conducted as part of a partnership with a company, especially SMEs and very small businesses.

These instruments are used to fund:

individual research projects led by Young Researchers (JCJC),
collaborative research projects between public entities in a national or international context (PRC and PRCI respectively) and public and private entities with a potential opening to the world of business (PRCE).

Researchers submitting a project should at the same time choose the funding instrument that will best serve the scientific objectives and requirements of their project.

Who can submit a proposal?

Any chair/permanent member of an academic research laboratory of French equivalent, or of a French company conducting research and development work in France, for all instruments, including the JCJC instrument, which is aimed particularly at doctors who completed their PhD thesis less than ten years ago.

All consortia (PRC/PRCE/PRCI) must work with at least one public academic research laboratory or French equivalent.

Please note: Applicants may not be involved with any more than three proposals submitted as part of the Work Programme 2018 (including all calls for proposals), or a maximum of: one coordinator role and two partnerships, or three partnerships.

Contact:

For any question concerning the administrative and financial set-up: aapg.adfi(at)anr.fr
For any question about scientific set-up: aapg.science(at)anr.fr
For any difficulty encountered on the submission site when entering data or uploading documents: aapg.si(at)anr.fr

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