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...

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...

During the French President's state visit to Mexico on April 10-11, 2014, ANR signed a new agreement with its Mexican counterpart, the National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT). The aim of the agreement is to strengthen the Franco-Mexican scientific cooperation and promote the funding of joint research projects carried out by teams from both countries. The...

Organisée le 2 avril au Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances, la 8^ème journée ANR des écotechnologies a réuni près de 200 participants. Ce rendez-vous de la communauté des scientifiques et des professionnels des éco-industries a permis de dresser un bilan des actions menées par l’ANR ces dernières années et de présenter des éléments d'impact des programmes...

In a global context of researcher mobility, ANR wishes to help reinforce the scientific positioning of France while at the same time offering a first-class welcome to foreign researchers. Consequently the agency is proposing a new funding instrument dedicated to individuals baptised "Hosting high-level researchers" (@RAction) to enable scientists of any nationality to...