Past calls for proposals
Tremplin – ERC Starting Grant (T-ERC StG) 2025
Designed to improve France’s success rate in European Research Council (ERC) calls, Tremplin-ERC (T-ERC) is a funding instrument set up by ANR as part of its Work Programme 2025. T-ERC is open to all ERC research disciplines (LS, PE, SH).
Call for research projects on Charcot disease – ALS
Charcot's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the progressive degeneration of the central and peripheral motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord that control voluntary muscles. It is the most common of the rare diseases, with 4 new cases diagnosed each day in France. Life expectancy is 3 to 5 years after the onset of the first symptoms, and to date, there is no cure available.
2d edition of the Franco-Czech bilateral call for nuclear projects - ANR TACR
France and the Czech Republic have been key players in the European Nuclear Alliance, leading the way in reforming the electricity market. Both governments aim to enhance these collaborations, especially in research cooperation. The French and Czech governments wish to strengthen these ties, particularly through cooperation in the field of research.
PRIMA - Section 2 2025 – Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area call for proposals
PRIMA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda identified 8 operational objectives for facing Mediterranean challenges related to Water management, Farming systems and Agro-food chains. In this context, ANR participates to the 2025 Section 2 joint transnational call for proposals to fund innovative research projects addressing the following 3 topics:
Call for research projects Ecophyto Maturation - ECOM 2025
To contribute to achieving the goals of the Ecophyto 2030 Strategy by building on research outcomes, the Ministries responsible for research (MESR), agriculture (MASAF), ecological transition (MTEECPR), and health (MSA) are launching the fourth edition of the "Ecophyto Maturation" (ECOM) call for projects. Managed by the ANR and co-financed by the OFB, this programme promotes the emergence of innovative, operational, and deployable solutions to reduce the use and impact of pesticides.
French Indian call for joint research and innovation project proposals in « Green Hydrogen Innovations for Sustainable Energy Solutions » (GH2SES)
On 18 January 2024, at the second meeting of the Indo-French Joint Committee for Science and Technology (JCST) in Delhi, it was agreed that the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India would set up co-funded calls for research projects proposals to catalyse renewed and strengthened scientific cooperation between France and India.
Joint call "Sargassum III"
Since 2011, the coastal regions of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico have been confronted with massive strandings of Sargassum seaweed, the scale and persistence of which stand out from previous waves. The degradation of the seaweed causes significant releases of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, leading to beach closures and the evacuation of coastal populations, thus confronting the regions concerned with a critical health, environmental and economic situation.
Call CHIST-ERA 2025 : Science in your own language (SOL)
The ANR participates in the call of the CHIST-ERA ERA-NET consortium (European coordinated research on long-term ICT and ICT-based scientific Challenges) bringing together 13 countries, with a budget of 7,15M€.
First transnational call for project "Long-term Joint Europe-Africa Research and Innovation Projects on Sustainable Energy" (LEAP-SE)
The joint LEAP-SE 2025 call is the first call of the COFUND LEAP-SE, cofunded by the European Commission as part of the Horizon Europe programme. For France, the ANR is participating in the financing of this call, jointly with the ARI (Agence Régionale de l'Innovation - La Réunion).
Joint laboratories between research organizations and SMEs or intermediate-sized enterprises (Labcom) Call for proposals 2025
The purpose of this program is to encourage research actors to create new structured partnerships through the creation of "Joint Laboratories" between a SME or an intermediate-sized enterprise and a research laboratory. A Joint Laboratory is defined by the signing of a contract defining its operation, including:
