Lyon, October 11, 2021 – Today opens the 15th edition of the Collaborative Week, a key scientific highlight organized by the Lyonbiopôle Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes competitiveness cluster aiming to stimulate research and collaborations around health topics with high potential. On this occasion, Lyonbiopôle announces that 17 projects supported by its innovation team have been selected as part of the ANR 2021 call for projects. As every year, the ANR – French agency for funding research on projects placed under the supervision of the Ministry in charge of Higher Education, Research and Innovation – launched its generic call for projects. It is aimed at all scientific communities and all public or private actors involved in French research and allows them to access, in addition to the recurring funding allocated to them, to co-funding.
A STRONG MARKER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN THE AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES REGION
2021 is a good year for the projects supported by the cluster with a success rate of nearly 60% (17 projects selected out of 29 presented). Good news for the selected researchers who will be able to benefit from funding ranging from 350,000 to 650,000 € to carry out their basic research. The very good results of the 2021 class once again demonstrate the quality of the projects presented by the actors of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ecosystem and the dynamism of fundamental health research in the region.
This also illustrates the cluster’s commitment to supporting stakeholders in their projects, a central mission of the cluster’s activity. Indeed, beyond its role of bringing together actors and scientific animation, Lyonbiopôle Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes offers dedicated support for those carrying out collaborative research projects in the various phases of structuring and carrying out their project. He advises them by informing them about existing calls for projects, by helping them to structure their consortium and their application files, and by supporting promising projects that require labeling, the constructive study of their files or letters from support. Since its creation in 2005, the cluster has certified 328 R&D projects, funded to the tune of 1.16 billion euros. In the specific case of this ANR call for projects, the support of the pole allows the visibility of scientific expertise and research strengths in the territory, which can be beneficial in structuring future partnerships.
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