Research on the effects of climate change on oceans remains held back by a lack of in situ data, particularly from Polar Regions. To make up for this deficit, diving marine mammals have become a critical part of the ocean observation system. On June 1, the international MEOP portal opened up access to information collected by animals tagged with tracking devices. The...

In an era when producing sustainably is paramount, critical resources are undergoing rapid supply-side changes. The ASTER project (Systemic Analysis of Rare Earth Elements) has looked into some of today's most pressing challenges, including dependence (rare earths are actually abundant, though highly spread out), societal challenges posed by their extraction and the...

Dans un souci de cohésion, le Président de la République avait confié à Aviesan en mai 2014 le pilotage d’une réflexion destinée à faire naître des synergies entre tous les acteurs financeurs de la recherche en santé. Le 15 juillet dernier, Yves Lévy, président d’Aviesan, a remis au gouvernement le plan d’action pour la recherche en santé qui a été élaboré en...

On 18 June 2015, the ANR Governing Board adopted Work Programme 2016, a text outlining ANR's actions and calls for proposals for the 2016 budget exercise. Work Programme 2016 is the agency roadmap for the year to come; it presents the research priorities for 2016 as well as the funding instruments offered to researchers. The Work Programme is intended for the...

ANR is teaming up with the Network of Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (CoEN) to launch a transnational call supporting collaborations in the field of neurodegenerative diseases (only open to researchers belonging to centres of excellence). The call will involve five European countries and Canada. Application deadline: 5 October 2015.