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ORA: Building a borderless research area in social sciences
The Open Research Area - ORA initiative, the only one of its kind, brings together funding agencies which, like ANR, wish to work together to promote international research in social sciences. Germany, the United States of America, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have adhered to the "ORA Plus" call for proposals which has led to the selection of 15...
Bilan du programme LabCom un an après sa création
Le programme LabCom a été mis en place au début de l’année 2013. Le but poursuivi par la création de cet instrument de financement est de développer le potentiel de collaboration et de transfert existant chez les acteurs de la recherche académique par la création d’un partenariat entre un laboratoire et une entreprise autour d’un agenda commun. Un peu plus d’un an...
First Haitian sessions on higher education
On April 10th and 11th 2014, ANR took part in the first Haitian sessions on higher education organised by the Haitian Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) in order to share the experience of the Flash Haiti call for proposals launched in 2010. Below is a retrospective of the aims of the sessions and the contribution of ANR.
The ARGOS robotics challenge – the evaluation phase is under way
Thought up and funded by the company Total and organised by ANR, the ARGOS challenge aims at promoting the development of advanced robots working in oil and gas environments. Total has thus entrusted ANR with the organisation of the call for proposals and the management of the team evaluation and selection process. 31 proposals submitted by international teams are...
Impact of diet on health: ANR announces the launch of a European call for proposals on biomarkers in nutrition and health
As part of its participation in the "Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (HDL)" Joint Programming Initiative (JPI), the French National Research Agency (ANR) is launching a first European call for proposals in the field of biomarkers in nutrition and health. These biomarkers are crucial for investigating the impact of diet on health, in that they shed light on an...