The French National Research Agency (ANR), in partnership with TOTAL, launches today the ARGOS Challenge. Funded by TOTAL and implemented by ANR, this call aims at fostering the development of advanced robotic capabilities in oil & gas environments. As the outcome of the evaluation process managed by ANR, TOTAL will fund 3 to 5 teams and will make them compete against...

De l'Antiquité aux années 1900, la science a inspiré de nombreux poètes. A l'issue de cette période, les relations entre science et poésie changent du tout au tout et la poésie scientifique disparait totalement. Afin de mieux comprendre cette disparition et l’évolution des liens entre science et poésie, l’ANR a financé en 2007 le projet Euterpe. Un ouvrage issu de ce...

Science Europe is the association that represents the European research performing organisations and research funding agencies. Pascale Briand, Director General of ANR, the French National Research Agency, was elected to the Governing Board of Science Europe at the annual General Assembly of 21st November.

The kick-off meeting of the ERA-NET FLAG-ERA took place on November 12-14 in Amsterdam. This European initiative, coordinated by ANR, gathers 22 research funding agencies, research performing organisations and ministries in Europe around a common goal: supporting the "FET Flagship" projects of the European Commission, in particular the two large-scale projects on...