ANR Chaires industrielles
Funds ANR Chaires industrielles to co-finance long-term industry academic chairs focused on strategic innovation partnerships.
ANR Chaires industrielles is the French National Research Agency's industry-academic chair route in France. It funds chairs in public laboratories that are built with company partners and are meant to support ambitious, innovative research with industrial applications. The programme is described as a four-year format, and the chair is co-funded equally by ANR and the partner company, which gives it a clear joint-commitment structure from the start. The grant route is annual and France-only, with consortia required and individuals excluded. The record places the award range at roughly EUR535,000 to EUR1.284 million, and the programme description points to PME, ETI, and startup partners rather than only large corporates. A researcher with an international reputation coordinates the partnership, so the scientific lead matters as much as the industrial fit. This route works best when a laboratory already has a serious company relationship and wants to turn it into a longer R&D agenda. Applicants do better when the industrial partner can commit funding and the research plan is already framed around a multi-year chair rather than a loose collaboration. The programme rewards applied work, but it still expects a strong academic lead and a clear industrial use case.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.