ANR, the French National Research Agency in the news

Ferments du Futur, a French public-private research program, secured an additional €19.1M ($21.8M) from the ANR to advance industrial fermentation technologies for future food production, focusing on automation, solid-state fermentation, and post-fermentation optimization.

ANR and AID launched a call for research proposals on the impact of climate extremes on defense operations and security.

PostGenAI@Paris received €35 million in France 2030 funding to develop a collaborative AI research and training hub.

The ANR will conclude its five-year coordination of the NORFACE network with an international conference on May 11-12, 2026, focused on enhancing well-being.

A multidisciplinary team is developing AI-driven methods to create stable near-infrared organic molecules for optoelectronic use, funded by the French National Research Agency.

A 2 million euro call for projects under the National Research Program to fund interdisciplinary research against antimicrobial resistance.

The French National Research Agency announced the first-step results of its 2026 research funding call, selecting nearly 3,000 pre-proposals to advance with increased submissions and a new automatic invitation process.

The French government launched the third edition of the Butterfly 2050 contest inviting youth to create innovative, sustainable future scenarios for France by 2050 under three thematic areas.

The CNRS, via ANR, launched a 30M euro France 2030 robotics research program to advance innovative, sustainable robotic technologies and AI integration through multiple focused projects.

Two new interdisciplinary research projects funded under France 2030's PREZODE program aim to develop innovative prevention strategies against emerging zoonotic diseases in diverse global contexts.

The ANARCHIST project analyzes black crusts on Parisian monuments to reconstruct centuries of urban air pollution and atmospheric chemistry.

The ANR funds two new PREZODE research projects under France 2030, totaling nearly 3.5 million euros, to prevent emerging zoonotic diseases through community-based and market-focused strategies in Africa, Asia, and France.

A French government research program invites proposals to tackle pollution and sustainability challenges in overseas territories, offering up to €2M per project over 5 years.

France launched a 40 million euro research program to combat antibiotic resistance, inviting interdisciplinary projects with 2 million euros funding for innovative solutions.

A new ANR-funded research call targets the long-term environmental and health impacts of chlordecone contamination in the French West Indies, emphasizing social sciences and multi-exposure studies.

ANR launched a rapid funding call to support research on emerging poxvirus diseases in ruminant livestock to improve crisis anticipation and control.

PEPR SPIN calls for projects to push spintronics research with funding for collaborative and young scientist projects, managed by ANR.

France's ANR calls for 3-5 year projects developing secure, efficient cloud and edge computing applications with funding up to €2M, focusing on digital continuum challenges.

The French National Research Agency collaborated with Ecole Estienne students and researchers to create illustrated educational materials showcasing diverse funded scientific projects for public engagement.

The LabCom NVDIAG, funded by ANR and BioCytex, inaugurates a new collaboration to develop innovative nano-antibodies using extracellular vesicles for improved hemato-oncology diagnostics.