ANR Programme CARNOT

ANR Programme CARNOT manages the Carnot label for French laboratories that place partnership-based research at the center of their strategy. The programme is built to support public research institutions and bring them closer to private stakeholders, with labelled institutes operating in five-year waves rather than through a short project cycle. That makes it a longer-horizon institutional route focused on partnership capacity. ANR provides an annual contribution to labelled bodies based on their partnership revenues. The support is performance-based and is meant to help institutions develop their skills and maintain the scientific lead they need for performance and attractiveness. The relevant population is public research institutions carrying the Carnot institute label, not individual researchers or one-off project teams. The programme suits institutes that already have a strong record in bilateral contractual research and want that role reinforced. Applicants succeed by showing that partnership research is embedded in the institution's strategy and that industry relationships produce sustained revenue and scientific leverage. It is less about winning a standalone call than about proving that a lab can keep partnership research central year after year.

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.