How to obtain funding
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Regarding Chairs and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, only research institutions may submit applications ("Call for Applications"). No individual applications will be considered. For more information on our process please view the Requirements for any application page and the How to register an institution page. Please use this search engine to check if your institution is registered and to know who to contact to be able to apply through this institution.
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We encourage institutions to organise a fair and transparent internal selection process and communicate widely on opportunities offered by the AXA Research Fund, as the number of candidates they can propose is limited.
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The global selection rate is 15%.
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Moreover, please note that the AXA Research Fund will be proposing new funding schemes as of 2013. Three new funding schemes will be created: AXA Awards, AXA Outlooks and AXA Joint Research Initiatives. These will be awarded by our Scientific Board following recommendations made by independent Search Committees composed of eminent academics (“Call for Nominations”).
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See an overview of our major funding schemes:
| CHAIRS | POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (Research Fellowships) | AWARDS | OUTLOOKS & JOINT RESEARCH INITIATIVES | |
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| Number of grants annually given | Decision of the Scientific Board (3 to 5) |
About 30 in one wave | Decision of the Scientific Board (1 to 3) | Decision of the Scientific Board (1 to 3 for each scheme) |
| Funding |
Endowed Distinguished Permanent Chair Endowed Visiting Chair Non-endowed Fixed-term Chair |
120 000€ for the entire duration of the 2 year funding (since 2011) | Up to 250 000€ | From 100 000€ up to 300 000€ |
| Process | Application through institution | Application through institution | Nomination through AXA RF Search Committees | Nomination through AXA RF Search Committees |
| Duration | Permanent or fixed term Chair (2 to 5 years) |
Two year cycle (since 2011) | From 1 to 2 years | From 1 to 3 years |
| Max. number of candidates that can be proposed by a single institution per campaign |
1 | 2 | NA | NA |
| Host institution needs to be registered | Yes | Yes | NA | NA |
| Pre-selection via the operational contact of the institution | Yes | Yes | NA | NA |
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Status of the campaign |
OPEN | CLOSED |
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NA |
| Initial Procedure |
The Institution Representative declares his intent to apply to the AXA Research Fund by email: chairs@axa.com |
The Institution Representative states the wish of his institution to take part in the campaign on the AXA Research Fund's application website | Search Committee members identify potential beneficiaries and pre-select nominees | Search Committee members identify potential beneficiaries and pre-select nominees |
| Modus Operandi | Download | Download |
Modus operandi
To find out more about the selection process for each type of funding and the dates of our annual funding campaigns, download the modus operandi.
Granted projects
€ 99 million committed, 367 research projects supported in 27 countries, 49 different nationalities.
