Collective projects

PROTEA est le Partenariat Hubert Curien franco sud-africain. Il est mis en œuvre en France par le Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE) et le Ministère chargé de l’Education nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR), et dans le pays partenaire par la National Research Foundation (NRF).

Les appels à candidatures de ce programme sont lancés sur un rythme annuel.

Date limite de dépôt des dossiers de candidature :  jeudi 26 juin 2025

Parrot est le Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) franco-estonien. Il est mis en œuvre en France par le ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE) et le Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR), et dans le pays partenaire par le conseil estonien de la recherche (ETAG).

Les appels à candidatures de ce programme sont lancés sur un rythme bisannuel.

Date limite de dépôt des dossiers de candidature : 31/05/2024

Cogito est le Partenariat Hubert Curien franco-croate. Il est mis en œuvre en France par le Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE) et le Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR), et en Croatie par le Ministère de la science et de l’éducation.

Les appels à candidatures de ce programme sont lancés sur un rythme bisannuel.

Date limite de dépôt des dossiers de candidature : 1er juillet 2024.

Specific Challenge

Specific Challenge

Science and innovation are undergoing deep and fundamental changes, in particular thanks to digitalisation (e.g. social media and citizen science). Science communication, which is a discipline, an activity conducted by scientists and other R&I stakeholders, and a career path followed by journalists, informs citizens about science and innovation, opens up R&I to society, and empowers citizens to participate in activities and debate.

In the cities, public spaces such as malls, open crowded gathering areas and events, and non-restricted areas of transport infrastructures, constitute “soft targets”, that is potential, numerous targets spread across the urban area and subject to “low cost” attacks strongly impacting the citizens. The generation, processing and sharing of large quantities of data in smart cities make urban systems and services potentially more responsive, and able to act upon real-time data. On the one hand, smart cities provide for improving the security of open and crowded areas against threats (incl.

Some members of the digital society in the EU are more vulnerable as they are less prepared to confront with cyber-attacks. The scale, value and sensitivity of personal data in the cyberspace are significantly increasing and citizens are typically uncertain about who monitors, accesses and modifies their personal data. Personal data breach may facilitate abuse by third parties, including cyber-threats such as coercion, extortion and corruption.

To boost the development of a bio-based economy in Europe, there is a need for business models that can be replicated easily in a variety of locations and contexts, with relatively low levels of investment, risk and technical sophistication. A wider range of rural entrepreneurs needs to get involved in the emerging bio-based business sector, including farmers, forest owners, their associations, and small rural business. This will help to diversify and revitalise the economy and create quality jobs in rural areas.

Despite the continued generation of scientific knowledge, its impact and application in practical farming and forestry is disappointing and its innovative impact poor. Although there are some good examples, the EIP-AGRI evaluation study recommends that more advisors need to be involved in interactive innovation projects to fuel cross-fertilisation and implementation of results. Advisors indeed have clear impact on farmers' and foresters' decisions and should play a key role in linking science and practice.

Nutritional imbalances in both Europe and Africa are increasing, characterised by growing diet-related, non-communicable diseases and persistent under-nutrition. The UN projects that the global population will increase from 7 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050, of which the majority is expected to occur in Africa.