National research programmes
The CNRS either steers or co-steers the majority of the 47 Priority Research Programmes and Equipments (PEPR) launched as part of the France 2030 plan, alongside the previously launched Priority Research Programmes (PPR).
The aim of Priority Research Programmes and Equipments (PEPR) is to build or consolidate French leadership in the scientific fields that play a role in technological, economical, societal, health or environmental transformation and that are considered as National or European priorities.
These programmes are managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR), and are divided into two types: PEPRs for the national acceleration strategy, which support transformations that are already underway such as decarbonised hydrogen or artificial intelligence (AI), and exploratory PEPRs, the purpose of which is to grow emerging sectors such as DNA data storage (MoleculArXiv) or the integration of robots into society (O2R).
Acceleration PEPRs
Acceleration PEPRs support transformations that are already under way and have clearly identified products, services, usages and stakeholders. The expected global package is 2 billion Euros over a ten year period.
- The '5G' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Batteries' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Cybersecurity' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Decarbonisation of Industry' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Electronics' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Digital Teaching' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Deep Ocean Bed' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Decarbonated Hydrogen' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Cultural and Creative Industries' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Artificial Intelligence' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Recyclability, Recycling and Reincorporation of Recycled Materials' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Solutions for a Sustainable City and Territorial Innovations' acceleration PEPR
- The 'Advanced Energy Systems Technologies' (Tase) acceleration PEPR
- The 'Quantum Technologies' acceleration PEPR
Exploratory PEPRs
Exploratory PEPRs are intended to support emerging transformations, which are just beginning or in the very early stages. The expected global package is 1 billion Euros over a ten-year period.
- The 'ATLAsea (genetics)' exploratory PEPR
- The 'Bridge' (south-west Indian Ocean) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Diadem' (materials) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Ensemble' (collaborative digital tools) exploratory PEPR
- The 'FairCarbon' (carbon) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Irima' (risk science) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Luma' (light) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Mathematics for Living Creatures, the Environment and Society' exploratory PEPR
- The 'MoleculArXiv' (DNA data storage) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Numpex' (software building blocks for future 'exascale machines') exploratory PEPR
- The 'Propsy' (psychiatric pathologies) exploratory PEPR
- The 'OneWater' (water) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Origins' (life and Universe) exploratory PEPR
- The 'O2R' (robotics) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Subsoil' (resources) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Solu-BioD' (nature-based solutions) exploratory PEPR
- The 'Spin' (digital) exploratory PEPR
- The 'TRACCS' (climate) exploratory PEPR
Priority Research Programmes
PPRs (Priority Research Programmes) are the precursors to the PEPRs. They are funded as part of the Investments for the Future Programme (PIA3).
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