The French National Research Agency is a national funding agency created in 2005

Acronym: ANR

ANR provides funding for project-based research in all fields of science - for both basic and applied research - to public research organisations and universities, as well as to private companies (including SMEs). Employing a method based on competitive peer reviews compliant with international standards, ANR provides the scientific community with instruments and programmes promoting creativity and openness, and stimulate new ideas and partnerships, particularly between academia and industry. Its activity also contributes to enhancing the competitiveness and the influence of French research in Europe and across the world.
Since 2010, ANR has also been the lead manager of the Investments for the Future programme in the field of higher education and research, in charge of project selection, funding and monitoring.

ANR's activities aim at:

• Developing science and technology
• Rallying teams around societal and S&T challenges
• Speeding up knowledge creation and transfer, and fostering academic-industry partnerships
• Promoting collaborative work and interdisciplinary dialogue
• Preparing a new generation of talents
• Facilitating European and international collaborations

Website: http://www.agence-nationale-re ... herche.fr/

Address:
Paris
France

Projects:

• LEAP-RE - Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy
• TAIPI - Tools and Actions for Impact Assessment and Policy makers Information