First laureates welcomed
How the programme works
The programme is flexible:
- Researcher profiles, hosting conditions, and project size are tailored to the researcher's background and ambitions.
- The programme provides a pathway to additional funding, particularly from European sources, enabling research activities to continue beyond three years.
- Applications can be submitted throughout the year and are reviewed on a rolling basis.
The call for projects has no end date: in a changing context, its aim is to open the doors of laboratories to the best researchers from around the world on a long-term basis.
7 priority research areas
French institutions may offer hosting projects in the following areas:
- Health and life sciences
- Climate, biodiversity and sustainable societies
- Digital technology and artificial intelligence
- Space research
- Agriculture, sustainable food, forests and natural resources
- Low-carbon energy
- Digital components, systems and infrastructure
Humanities and social sciences at the interfaces of these disciplinary fields are also taken into account. The jury can select outstanding candidates whose research topics do not appear on the list.
Jury
Each thematic field is represented on the jury which is chaired by Alain Fischer, physician, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, member of the Academy of Sciences, professor of paediatric immunology and researcher in medicine and gene therapy.
