Calls for Projects

Current ANR calls for projects can be consulted on the ANR website.

Contact DRV de campus : Magali NIOX

Calenda Announcement 1,434,110 (excerpts) 

This call for research proposals from the General Directorate of the Correctional Administration aims to support scientific research on the correctional system, including its institutional, human, health, and social dimensions. It is part of an effort to improve correctional policies. Submitted projects must fall under one of the following themes: Organized crime from the perspective of the prison administration (profiles, trajectories, and management); Impacts of real estate projects on incarceration rates. ; The impact of correctional facility architecture on incarceration; The impact of inmate suicides on the mental health of correctional officers; Homelessness and recidivism. 

Call for Proposals from the Europlace Institute of Finance (IEF) – 2026 – Application Deadline: October 26, 2026 (with prior contact from the DRV) 

1.1 Sources of information: DRV email to departments dated September 4, 2026, at 10:35 a.m.

1.2 Link to the DRV PDF 

DRV PDF

1.3 Useful contact: DRV AMU

Magali NIOX

1.4 Useful links – DRV AMU PDF sources in the DRV email to units dated September 4, 2026, at 10:35 a.m.

General information: see the DRV PDF mentioned in section 1.2

Submission: see the DRV PDF mentioned in section 1.2

Calenda Announcement 1,431,211 (excerpts) 

The Research Mission (MiRe) of the Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation, and Statistics (Drees), in partnership with the National Institute for Youth and Popular Education (INJEP) and the National Suicide Observatory (ONS), is launching a call for scientific research proposals (APR) titled“Rethinking Mental Health: From Psychological Distress to Suicidal Behavior.” Each project may apply for funding ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 euros.

Mission Europe Recherche (MER) - Collaboration Opportunity – Research Project on Democratic Resilience in Europe – Start Date: November 2026 – Initial Contact from MER

1.1 Sources of Information: Email from Mission Europe Recherche (MER) to the units dated July 9, 2026, at 10:45 a.m.

(Email fromHortense Taillefaitof MER reproduced in full below)

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Message to the “Democracy, Society, and Governance”mailing list

Hello everyone,

 I am sharing an opportunity that may be of interest to researchers working on issuesofdemocratic erosion, democratic resilience, and/or participatory foresight.

 The goal is to form a partnership to respond to a European call for proposals, in collaboration with the Changing Role of Europe research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

 You will find the original message in English below. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Remmelt de Weerd directly at the email address provided in the message. Please let me know if you reach out to him.

Best regards,

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Please share this call for a researcher specializing in democratic erosion and/or participatory foresight with your institution.

Thank you! 

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In response to a Terms of Reference (ToR) from the research platform of a pan-European political party, we are seeking to collaborate with an experienced researcher to develop a project proposal. The expertise sought includes one or both of the following:

• Democratic erosion and democratic resilience in relation to European democracy
• Participatory foresight, scenario development, and/or backcasting methodology

The project aims to contribute to strengthening democratic resilience in Europe. The proposal is to be developed in collaboration with the Changing Role of Europeresearch group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The budget is limited to 25,000 EUR (the division among partners is to be agreed upon).

Activities are expected to begin in November 2026.

Interested researchers can contact Remmelt de Weerd (R.J.deWeerd@hhs.nl) for full details of the Terms of Reference (ToR).

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1.2 Preliminary contact with Mission Europe Recherche (MER) regarding this project

Hortense TAILLEFAIT– European Projects Manager – Detection Division  

Email hortense.taillefait@mission-europe-recherche.fr

Calenda Listing 1,416,667 (excerpts) 

The Campus Condorcet Public Institution (EPCC), the Maison des Sciences Humaines et Sociales Paris Nord (MSH Paris Nord), and the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council are launching, for the first time, a joint call for projects, with a budget of €30,000, intended to support research in the humanities and social sciences on regional issues.

Seine-Saint-Denis is a region undergoing significant urban, social, economic, and environmental changes. These changes are accompanied by a strong momentum of initiatives led by public authorities, nonprofit organizations, citizens, and the business sector, making the department a prime setting for social innovation, experimentation, and the renewal of public policy practices. Issues related to ecological transitions, reducing inequalities, education, health, mobility, and intercultural dynamics play a central role here.

This call for proposals is therefore intended to support research, participatory research, or research-creation projects in the humanities and social sciences that focus on territorial dynamics and the analysis of public action, and to promote the exchange of knowledge between the academic community, local stakeholders, and residents. This initiative is part of a broader commitment to developing a research hub rooted in its local community, in alignment with the public policies that serve it.

The 2027 call for proposals is open until October 15, 2026.

Ecophyto call for expressions of interest (AMI) "Values and acceptability of preventive actions to limit the use of plant protection products in agriculture" - application deadlines via ecophytopic website - stage 1 16 05 2026 at 23:59 - stage 2 23 10 2026 at 23:59

Information source: DRV e-mail of 16 03 2026 at 08:57 to the attention of units

1 Summary description of the system (sources - ecophytopic.fr website)

Scheme description

The aim of the Ecophyto 2030 strategy is to reduce the use, dependence, risks and impacts of plant protection products by supporting stakeholders through the process of change. The Ministries of Ecological Transition, Agriculture, Health, Higher Education and Research, and the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) are launching a call for expressions of interest in research and innovation as part of axis 4 "research, innovation and training" of the Ecophyto 2030 strategy. This call for expressions of interest, with a planned budget of 3.5 million euros, is financed by funds from the diffuse pollution levy earmarked for the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) to support Ecophyto actions.

The aim of this call for expressions of interest (AMI) is to evaluate and highlight the values of preventive actions not using plant protection products (PPPs), compared with the values of curative actions (using PPPs) in agriculture, at relevant spatial and temporal scales, and to identify the technical, social and economic obstacles to their implementation, as well as their genericity or specificity.

Two lines of research are explored by this AMI

• How can we assess the values (agronomic, economic, environmental, social, etc.) of situations involving preventive crop protection actions not using PPPs, compared with the values of situations involving curative actions using synthetic chemistry? Which metrics, which tools, which data in a multi-criteria cost-benefit approach?
• How is preventive action (i.e. without recourse to PPPs) accepted by farmers and other players in value chains, and how can it be made more acceptable? What are the obstacles and levers to their deployment?
  These questions should be based on concrete situations and levers whose agronomic and/or technical, economic, etc. effectiveness has already been tried and tested, or even measured. The specific features of these situations and the associated preventive actions will need to be explained, while taking care to highlight as far as possible aspects of the results that can be transposed beyond specific cases, particularly in terms of methodology, metrics and indicators.
  This call for expressions of interest in research-innovation and research-action is aimed at multidisciplinary scientific communities. The aim is to pursue ongoing or existing work aimed at exploring in depth the issues involved in implementing prophylactic measures.

2 Scheme description (pdf from DRV AMU)

Information source: DRV e-mail of 16 03 2026 at 08:57 to the attention of units

pdf DRV AMI Ecophyto

3 DRV AMU contact (business manager)

Magali Niox

4 Zoom ecophytopic on this scheme on 24 03 2026 from 14h to 15h30 (link in the DRV AMU pdf mentioned above)

4 Application deadline via the ecophytopic website

stage 1 16 05 2026 at 23:59 (letter of intent)

stage 2 10 23:59, 2026 (complete project)

Calendars 2026 calls for projects 2026 (end of life / palliative care) referenced by Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie (PNRFV)- several application deadlines in 2026

These 2026 calendars and the various 2026 calls for projects from a number of sponsoring organizations can be consulted on the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie (PNRFV) website ("Opportunities" tab, then "Calls for projects") via the link below:

https://www.plateforme-recherche-findevie.fr/veille-appels-projets

Call for projects France Parkinson en Sciences Humaines et Sociales 2026 - application deadline - via DRV - stage 1 on 22 03 2026 at 23h59 stage 2 in September 2026

1 Information source: e-mail dated 06 02 2026 at 12h17 from DRV AMU to the units.

2 Description of AAP-2026 via PDF from DRV AMU

pdf DRV AMU

3 DRV -AMU contact

Magali NIOX

EUROPE - LIFE PROGRAM 2021 - 2027 (calendar)

Sources: e-mail dated Wednesday 08 09 2021 at 17:28 sent to units by DRV AMU

1 Summary of the program

On July 13, the European Commission published the 2021-2024 multiannual work program(pdf, 47 pages) for the LIFE program.

for the LIFE program managed by the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and the Environment (CINEA)

https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/index_fr

This program is the European Commission's financial instrument for supporting environment and climate projects. It is aimed at public and private project promoters and aims to promote and finance innovative projects concerning, for example, species and habitat conservation, soil protection, air or water quality improvement, waste management or climate change mitigation or adaptation and energy transition.

For the period 2021-2027, the LIFE program will have a budget of 5.4 billion euros at European level, divided into 2 axes:

An "Environment" axis comprising two sub-programs:

- Nature and Biodiversity
- Circular Economy and Quality of Life", which covers the themes previously included in the "Environment and Resource Efficiency" sub-program.

A "Climate Action" axis comprising the sub-programs:

- Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change", and
- Transition to clean energy".

The first calls for projects for the new LIFE 2021-2027 program have been launched for the four program strands: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Transition to Clean Energy; Circular Economy and Quality of Life; Nature and Biodiversity - more information :

https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life/life-calls-proposals_en

NB:
- exceptionally, in 2021, the LIFE call for projects will be structured in a single stage (except for strategic projects - ex integrated projects), with the submission of a full proposal only.
- The LIFE project submission platform is changing. Applications will no longer be submitted on the European eProposal platform, but on the "Funding and Tenders" platform.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/h…

- In addition, the entire application format and the structuring of forms has been modified compared with previous years.

3 Campus DRV contacts

Sarah Jordan (Campus Luminy, Centre, Timone)
Magali Niox (Campus Aix, Etoile)