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In 2009 the AXA Research Fund granted Euro 15 million to researchers working on environmental, life and socio-economic risks.


A major new research programme looking at risk management and the regulation of financial institutions in light of the current financial crisis has been announced by the AXA Research Fund and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).


The AXA Research Fund, in collaboration with the Paris Descartes University, inaugurated the AXA-Paris Descartes Chair in "A systems approach to individual differences in longevity".


The AXA Research Fund closed out its first year of existence. During the year ended, the Fund granted more than Euro 13 million to various European research institutions.


On March 14, 2008 the Scientific Board of the AXA Research Fund held a meeting chaired by Ezra Suleiman to approve Fund’s scope of action as well as its financial support allocation processes.


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