Mérieux Research Grants
- Entitat convocant:
- Institut Mérieux
- Categoria:
- Projectes de recerca
- Àmbit:
- Internacional
- Inici:
- Termini intern:
- Termini real:
- Descripció:
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Resume
Institut Mérieux is a holding merging four main companies, bioMérieux (in vitro diagnostics and industrial microbiology control), Transgene (immunotherapy, therapeutic vaccines, oncolytic viruses), Advanced Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. (ABL), (bioengineering and CMO), and Mérieux Nutrisciences (food safety and nutrition).
The Mérieux Research Grants Programme supports potentially disruptive conceptual and technological research in the following fields: infectious diseases, cancer biomarkers and immunotherapy, food and water safety, nutrition with a particular focus on the suspected links between metabolism and microbiota. This call aims at building a worldwide research community with a strong interest in public health.
There are two types of grants:- Advanced Research Grants for the most innovative projects having significant strategic advantages,
- Starting Research Grants for projects that, although interesting, must clearly demonstrate their feasibility
Requirements
- The Grants are open to any established scientist from academic and private research institutions. Applications from pharma/biotech entities are not eligible.
- Grants are primarily allocated to proposals submitted by a single established principal investigator (with proven ability to run competitive research in an independent fashion). Collaborative projects from two PIs are eligible (though not prioritized).
- Since the primary objective of the Merieux Research Grant call is to initiate a collaboration with the holding that could be possibly pursued with particular companies from the Institut-Merieux Group, requests for Merieux Research Grants renewal are generally rejected.
- Only one proposal can be submitted to a given evaluation session by a given PI.
How to apply
The application should provide the informations detailed below, using templates that can be downloaded from the Institut Merieux website. The overall length of the application should not exceed 7 pages:
Information on the Principal Investigator
Description of the Project
Information on other participants
Information on potential subcontractors
Information on the administrative official of the host institution
Brief description, if available, of the intellectual property policy relevant for the Principal Investigator, his(her) team and subcontractors; repartition of this property among the participants and the host institution, if applicable, existing pre-existing intellectual property rights and their associated conditions of access.
CV and main achievements
Funding and duration
2 years
Advanced Mérieux Research Grants: from 100,000 euros to 200,000 euros for two years (i.e. 50,000 to 100,000 euros per year)
Starting Mérieux Research Grants: 40,000 euros for two years (i.e. 20,000 euros per year)
Important
There are three deadlines for submission during 2016:
January 29, 2016
May 20, 2016
October 14, 2016 There are three deadlines for submission during 2016
In case of interest, please contact with FSJD Research's Department no later than May 13.