AnnualReport2020

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. Independent external peer reviewers and an international independent Scientific Council
Scientific projects assess and select the best candidates and innovative research projects. To be eligible, applicant
researchers must be nationals or long-term residents of a country other than France and comply with the European
mobility rules.
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 funding to organise an international event are
associated to the award.
LE STUDIUM RESEARCH
VISITING RESEARCHER
This award enables experienced international researchers already having an opportunity to work in a host laboratory of
the Centre-Val de Loire region to enter LE STUDIUM scientific community. The award offers a fully furnished housing, full
logistic and administrative relocation support and integration in the region for 3 to 9 months of residency.
Smart Loire Valley Programmes 2020
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.
LE STUDIUM RESEARCH
CONSORTIUM
This award enables the creation of a team of five researchers (including one researcher or research team from the region
Centre-Val de Loire) and funds its regular gatherings for a full week twice a year over 2 years (4 meetings in total). The
consortium projects have well-defined research objectives, a work plan to implement and milestone goals to achieve
between meetings.
Smart Loire Valley Programmes 2020
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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) for all awards granted between 2015 and 2019.
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