Deadline: 9-May-22
The French National Research Agency (ANR, Agence Nationale de la Recherche) is seeking applications for its ANR – JST CREST joint call for two research areas: Trusted Quality AI Systems and Exploring Unknown Materials.
The purpose of this Agreement is to foster Japanese-French collaboration in scientific research and to fund joint research projects conducted by Japanese and French partners eligible for funding from each agency, within the framework of the JST-CREST program on two common priority research areas:
- Trusted Quality AI Systems: Core technologies for trusted quality AI systems
- Exploring Unknown Materials: Exploring Innovative Materials in Unknown Search Space
The objective is to fund international research projects of excellence, clearly distinguishing themselves from ongoing national projects and demonstrating strong synergy between teams from each country, as well as real integration of joint work.
Funding Information
The amount of support to the Japanese group is determined according to the provisions of CREST. "Exploring Innovative Materials in Unknown Search Space" and “Core technologies for trusted quality AIsystems” areas upper ranges are 300 million yen for 5.5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project consortium must involve at least one partner eligible for ANR funding. Grant recipient partner(s) and at least one Japanese partner eligible for JST funding. Two scientific coordinators must be clearly identified, one for the French teams, the other (country referent) for the Japanese teams.
- Partner(s) beneficiary(ies) of the aid : the call is open to partners involved in research (under public law, private law, commercial company, etc.). The French consortium must include at least one public actor partner involved in French research.
- Excellent joint research projects, in which complementarities of research expertise and synergetic effects of research groups of the two countries can be expected, are highly welcome to apply. For selected joint research projects, JST(CREST) will fund Japanese research groups and ANR will fund French research groups in accordance with the regulations and policies applicable to each agency.
Additional Information
- To be eligible, proposals must meet the criteria, which are cumulative.
- Themes of scientific collaboration
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A project proposal must fall under one of the two research themes as described in the text of the 2022 edition of the CREST programme, in this case:
- Trusted quality AI systems
- Exploring Unknown Materials
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For more information, visit https://anr.fr/en/call-for-proposals-details/call/anr-jst-crest-joint-call-for-two-research-areas-trusted-quality-ai-systems-and-exploring-un/