Annual-Report-2019

THE SMART LOIRE
VALLEY PROGRAMMES
The Smart Loire Valley General
Programme
The Smart Loire Valley Programme call for applications, open from November each year to February next year, operates
with a co-financing from the European Union in the framework of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - COFUND (Co-
Funding of regional, national and international programmes for the mobility of experienced researchers) for the period
2015 to 2021.
The Smart Loire Valley Programme is designed to foster international scientific exchanges and collaborations and to build
human capacity and scientific knowledge for research, development and innovation in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It
is open to all scientific disciplines and is a precious tool to access funding to develop fundamental research projects and
extend international collaborations.
Events and networking actions organised by Le Studium aim at creating synergies between academic disciplines and
links with the industrial world in order to increase interdisciplinary research and translational research to stimulate
socioeconomic development. Scientific projects are assessed and selected by independent external peer reviewers and an
international independent Scientific Council to award the best candidates and high added-value research projects. To be
eligible, applicant researchers must be nationals or long-term residents of a country other than France, comply with the
European mobility rules and have at least a five-year experience after the PhD.
LE STUDIUM RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIP *
This award enables experienced international researchers to work in a host laboratory for 12 consecutive months. The award
is designed to offer internationally competitive researchers the opportunity to discover and work in nationally accredited
laboratories with international renown in the Centre-Val de Loire region. A salary, a fully furnished housing, logistic and
administrative support, and possibility of funding to organise an international event are associated to the award.
Smart Loire Valley Programmes 2019
LE STUDIUM RESEARCH
PROFESSORSHIP
This award enables an experienced international Professor to participate in research, research team building and
postgraduate teaching. The Professorship residency consists in four periods of three months in the Centre-Val de Loire
region (12 months in total in 4 consecutive years). A salary, a fully furnished housing, logistic and administrative support and
funding to organise an international event are associated to the award.
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* The SMART LOIRE VALLEY Fellowships Programme receives H2020 co-funding from the European Union for research and innovation (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, COFUND contract #665790)