AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR)

The Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, fr: National Agency for Research) is a French institution tasked with funding scientific research. It was founded on 7 February 2005 as a groupement d'intérêt public, and has acquired the status of établissement public à caractère administratif on 1 August 2006.

The ANR funds scientific teams, both public and private, in the form of short-term research contracts. Its funding budget was 553,7 million Euros in 2014.

NR's activities aim at:

• Developing science and technology
• Rallying teams around societal and S&T challenges
• Speeding up knowledge creation and transfer, and fostering academic-industry partnerships
• Promoting collaborative work and interdisciplinary dialogue
• Preparing a new generation of talents
• Facilitating European and international collaborations.