Calls for Projects

AAP ANR MRSEI 2026 Montage de Réseaux Scientifiques Européens ou Internationaux - application deadlines via ANR - Session 1 on 19 05 2026 at 13h00 (CEST) - Session 2 on 01 09 2026 at 13h00 (CEST)

Information source: DRV e-mail dated 18 03 2026 at 17:35 for the attention of units

1 Brief description of the scheme (sources - ANR website)

As part of the "Building the European Research Area and International Attractiveness" component of the 2026 Action Plan, the "MRSEI" instrument has been renewed with a continuous submission format involving two selection sessions.

The MRSEI program was created to give scientists working in French laboratories the means to submit a research project as coordinator to European (Horizon Europe) or international collaborative calls, thereby giving them the opportunity to develop ambitious interdisciplinary projects and boost their visibility at international level.

In the context of this call for proposals, only proposals aimed at setting up a European or international scientific network, coordinated by a French team, are expected. These research networks set up under the MRSEI program are required to apply to an ambitious European or international call for projects.

2 Description of the program (pdf from DRV AMU)

Information source: DRV e-mail dated 18 03 2026 at 5:35 pm for the attention of units

Pdf DRV AMU AAP ANR MRSEI 2026

3 DRV AMU contact (business manager)

Giacomo Bagatella

4 Application deadline via ANR website

Session 1 on 19 05 2026 at 13:00 (CEST)

Session 2 on 01 09 2026 at 13h00 (CEST)

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

Contact DRV de campus : Magali NIOX

AAP Rare Diseases Foundation and the Rare Diseases Healthcare Network (FSMR) FilRougE-MCGRE Novo Nordisk Research Grant – application deadline September 24, 2026 (contact DRV beforehand)

1 – Summary

1.1 Sources of Information: DRV email to units dated June 24, 2026, at 3:09 p.m.

1.2 Link to the DRV PDF 

1.3 Useful Contact: DRV AMU

Magali Niox

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

The Diplomatic Archives Directorate aims to bring diplomacy closer to the French public by developing initiatives that enable professionals in the archival and library fields to diversify their audiences and organize networking events through this project. To achieve this goal, the Directorate of Diplomatic Archives is launching, for the first time during the 2026–2027 academic year, a call for applications to host young researchers in the humanities and social sciences as residents.

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Since the residency is based solely on the exchange of knowledge, it does not entitle participants to any stipend or compensation, as it is not an employment contract.

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.

Calenda Announcement 1 411 796 (excerpts)

This joint call for projects aims to generate a research dynamic focused on the production of the urban landscape through culture, and, in turn, to examine how territorial challenges, here and elsewhere, are redefining cultural projects in the contemporary city. It invites researchers from all backgrounds, potentially in collaboration with other stakeholders, to propose projects—whether in the Plaine Commune area or elsewhere—related to this theme, which examines the past, present, and future of urban spaces as cultural productions.

Announcement Calenda 1 393 028 (extracts)

Call for expressions of interest and new themes for the creation of digital thematic groups 2026-2029.

Calenda announcement 1 389 893 (extracts)

The Maison des sciences humaines et sociales Paris Nord is a research and support unit under the auspices of the CNRS, Paris 8 University and Sorbonne Paris Nord University. As a member of the national network of MSHs, it launches an annual call for projects on issues corresponding to its research areas and themes. This call is open to projects of a high scientific level, including incubation and risk-taking, and meeting three criteria of the charter of the national network of Maisons des sciences sociales et des humanités: interdisciplinarity, inter-institutionality and internationality.

Application deadline (via (MSH) Paris Nord) 07 09 2026 at 11:59 pm

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)