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SSH OPPORTUNITIES IN FRANCE FOR POST- DOCTORAL STUDENTS Elonore Dispersyn, PhD Project Manager EUI-ACO, 02.12.2015 WHO WE ARE A public organisation depending on the Ministry of research Created in 2005, and reinforced by a

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SSH OPPORTUNITIES IN FRANCE FOR POST- DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Eléonore Dispersyn, PhD Project Manager EUI-ACO, 02.12.2015

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  • A public organisation depending on the Ministry
  • f research
  • Created in 2005, and reinforced by a decree in

2014

  • A research funding agency:
  • Competitive project-based research funding:

→ In all fields of science → In basic and applied research → For research organisations, universities, private companies & SMEs

www.anr.fr/en

Twitter @agencerecherche

ANR

WHO WE ARE

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  • Fund and promote the development of basic and applied

research, technical innovation and technology transfer, and academia-industry partnerships

  • Implement the programme planning decided by the

Ministry in charge of research

  • Manage the major State investment programmes

(“Investments for the future”) in the area of higher education and research and monitor their implementation

  • Reinforce scientific cooperation at European and

international level by hinging our programming around the European and international initiatives

  • Analyse the development of the research offering and

measure the impact of the allocated funding on French scientific research output

OUR MISSIONS

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PROJECT-BASED FUNDING

Target and focus resources on the best

project jects

Direct the research to socie

ietal tal chall allenges nges

Promote

excellenc llence

and

creativ ativity ity

Prepare a new generation

  • f talents

nts

Facilitate

European

  • pean and

internationa ernational

partnerships Foster

inter erdi disciplina sciplinary

work & di

dialogu logue

between disciplines Speed up production &

transf nsfer of

knowledge in

PPP PPP

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  • Competitive selection
  • Equitable treatment
  • Peer review
  • External French and foreign peer reviewers
  • Close management of conflicts of interest
  • Compliance with international standards

OUR PRINCIPLES OF ACTION

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ANR IN THE LANDSCAPE OF RESEARCH FUNDING

Horizon 2020 FUI EUREKA ANR BPI France ERC

Funding range

(whole project duration)

€10 M €0.1 M €1 M Basic Research Indust ustri rial Expl plor

  • rat

atory y Research Innovati ation

  • n

Developmen pment

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  • €414,3 M: 2014 budget devoted to the

funding of projects

  • ~ 13,300 projects funded since the ANR

was created (107

071 projects funded in

2014)

  • 5,490 on-going projects in the portfolio
  • More than 8,000 peer reviewers from all
  • ver the world
  • 250

250 staff (Full-Time Equivalent)

ANR IN FIGURES (2014)

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  • 10,532 projects submitted
  • 1,07

071 projects funded (76% are

collaborative projects), including

216 international projects (20%)

  • €14,9M: Hosting High Level

Researchers Budget

KEY FIGURES OF 2014 SELECTION

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  • Comes under the framework fixed by the "France

Europe 2020“ national Strategic Agenda

  • Describes initiatives and calls for proposals issued

by the ANR for a financial year 2016

  • Sets
  • ut

research priorities and funding instruments available

  • Addresses all scientific communities and all public
  • r private players involved in French research

WORK PROGRAMME 2016

A large part of the funding offer in a ge

generic eric cal all for for proposals roposals

+ a number of additional specif

ific ic calls s (ERA-NETs & JPIs,

international calls, Challenge competitions & Specific programmes: Astrid, LabCom, etc.)

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4 COMPONENTS

Each h with a speci cific ic budg dget, t, ins nstru rument ments s and nd calls ls

Major Societ etal al Challen enge ges

9 socie ietal al challen allenges ges Collaborative research projects (PRC) & Young Researchers (JCJC) Challenge competitions

At At the Fro ronti tier ers s of R Researc arch

Al All-kno nowled wledge challe lleng nge Collaborative research projects (PRC) & Young Researchers (JCJC) OH Risk

Building ding the e Euro ropean ean Research Area and France’s international attr tractiv activene eness

International collaborative research projects (PRCI) Setting up European or International Scientific Networks, Hosting high-level researchers, Bi- and multilateral calls

Economic Impac pact t of R Researc arch h and Competi petiti tivene eness

Collaborative research projects involving enterprises (PRCE) LabCom, Carnot Institutes, Industrial Chairs

SPECI CIFI FIC C CA CALLS LS GENERIC IC CA CALL

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BUILDING THE ERA AND FRANCE’S INTERNATIONAL ATTRACTIVENESS

Type of pro roje ject ct In Instrume trument nt Generi ric c or speci cific fic call ll?

Collaborative bilateral projects including one or more teams from a particular country International Collaborative research projects (PRCI) Generic call Collaborative bilateral projects including one or more teams from a particular country Specific calls for bilateral project proposals Specific call Collaborative multilateral projects including one or more teams from several particular countries Specific calls for multilateral project proposals Specific call Scientific networks including

  • ne or more European or

international teams Setting up European or International Scientific Networks (MRSEI) Specific call Individual project of a researcher from any country who wishes to come and work in a French research

  • rganisation

Hosting High-Level Researchers Specific call

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OUR MAIN FUNDING INSTRUMENTS

Individu dividuals als

Young Researchers Hosting High-Level Researchers Industrial Chairs

Colla llaborativ borative e rese sear arch

Collaborative research projects (PRC) Collaborative research projects involving enterprises (PRCE) International collaborative research projects (PRCI) Specific international calls (bilateral or multilateral) Challenge competitions LabCom Flash calls OH Risk

Pro roje ject ct in init itia iatio tion

Setting up European or International Scientific Networks

Each instrument has its

  • wn raison d’être,

specific expected impacts, and distinct characteristics in terms

  • f selection

80% of ANR fundin g

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  • Increase the excellence, the competitiveness,

the attractiveness, the impact and the outreach

  • f French research in Europe and the world
  • Provide concerted answers to global and societal

issues such as climate change, food security, health, ageing, energy resources, etc.

  • Pool resources and share research and its costs
  • n the major challenges of knowledge
  • Contribute to building the European Research

Area

  • Build strategic partnerships

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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DEDICATED INSTRUMENTS

Interna rnational tional collabo aborativ rative e resear arch proj rojec ects ts

  • Simplify and strengthen the bilateral partnerships of researchers

Specif cific ic Europ ropean ean and internat rnationals ionals calls s for pro ropo posals sals

  • Implement common international research programmes on targeted

themes or disciplines

Hosting ing High-Le Level el Resear archer ers

  • Facilitate the hosting of world-renowned researchers

Set ettin ting g up Euro ropean pean or Intern rnational ational Scientif ntific ic Net etwor

  • rks

ks

  • Enhance the position of the French teams in the European and

international large programmes

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  • Integrate and position our activities into the context of

Horizon 2020 2020

  • Coordination and inter-connection of national and European

programmes/funding

  • An instrument for enhancing the position of the French teams in

Europe (“Setting up European or International Scientific Networks”)

  • Respond jointly to the major scientific and societal

challenges

  • High level of participation in the ERA-NET projects and in 8 Joint

Programming Initiatives (JPI) out of the 10 that exist

  • Build strategic partnerships in focused areas (global

security, strategic materials…)

  • Encourage open (borderless) research areas
  • Remove the obstacles to cooperation and promote the lead

agency principle

  • Share best practices

BUILDING THE EUROPEAN

RESEARCH AREA

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Building the European Research Area

2006-2014 Figures

75 75% of ANR co-funde nded d in internati ernational nal proj rojec ects ts are Euro ropean ean pro rojects cts

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A specific call for foreign students : Hosting High-Level Researchers (HHLR)/Accueil de Chercheurs de Haut Niveau (ACHN)

HHLR

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Hosting High-Level Researchers

(Accueil de Chercheurs de Haut Niveau)

  • A specific call open to:
  • French and foreign researchers (no age limit)
  • All disciplines
  • Basic, technological or industrial research
  • Objective: To enable French and foreign high-level

researchers, living outside France, to relocate to France and carry out their research in a French laboratory for 3 to 4 years in excellent conditions

  • Next call : Spring 2016 (consult the ANR website)
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Hosting High-Level Researchers : requirements

  • Candidate: Highly-talented researcher in the early stages of his/her career

(junior), or world-leading researcher (senior)

  • No age limit
  • No condition of nationality
  • Doctorate must have been obtained at least 2 years prior to the date of

closing of the call

  • Applicant must have spent a significant part of his/her career abroad: a

minimum of 24 months for a young researcher, and the majority of his/her career for a senior researcher

  • Applicant must not hold a permanent contract (poste à durée

indéterminée) in a French organisation

  • Applicant must not to be residing in France for more than 6 months at the

date of the closing of the call (strongly recommended)

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Hosting High-Level Researchers : main characteristics

  • Total grant: 500 000€ to 1M€

Covers the Principal Investigator’s salary, operating expenses (support staff, lab expenses, service costs…) and equipment costs

  • Consortium: one partner only (the host institution)
  • Project: Ambitious and original with high impact

Must demonstrate that ties will be initiated or strengthened with the previous research institutions of the PI or other foreign research

  • rganisations

Must demonstrate the thorough, coherent and long term implication

  • f the applicant within the hosting institution
  • Evaluation procedure: one step, with external peer review and panel
  • Number of applications in 2015: 166 (185 in 2014)
  • Number of awards in 2015: probably 31 (28 in 2014)
  • Success rate in 2015: 18,67 % (15,13 in 2014), including 89 Junior candidates

(53,61%) and 18 proposed for financing (58,06%)

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Thank you for your attention !

eleonore.dispersyn@agencerecherche.fr http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/