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Ebola virus epidemic: ANR funds three research projects on the disease
At the end of 2014, ANR introduced an initiative baptised "Ebola expediter" in the exceptional context of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. The aim of this initiative was to identify - among the pre-proposals submitted in the first stage of the generic call 2015 - scientific work that can justify rapid funding, either because it can provide answers to urgent...
A new call to encourage the formation of European and international scientific networks
The French National Research Agency (ANR) has announced a new call for proposals entitled "Setting up European or International Scientific Networks" (MRSEI). The aim of this new instrument is to encourage the formation of transnational networks coordinated by French researchers. Funding will only be provided for research networks that have specifically been set up to...
FACCE SURPLUS: strengthening European collaborative research for sustainable agriculture
The objective of FACCE SURPLUS is to support sustainable intensification of agricultural production. As part of the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI), this research funding programme brings together many European partners, including the French National Research Agency (ANR). Following a first call for...
Future Internet: the LISP-Lab project deploys an international experimentation platform
The current architecture of the Internet is based on the TCP/IP protocol suite. To address the future needs of scalability of the Internet and the exponential development of new services, current Internet architecture must be improved. Among proposed approaches, LISP architecture is emerging as a promising solution. LISP (Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol)...
Launching of an international call on the social challenges of extended working life
The French National Research Agency (ANR) is launching, together with partners from ten European countries and Canada, a new call for transnational proposals on extended working life and its interaction with health and well-being. This call comes within the framework of the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives” that ANR has joined recently. Deadline...