Research and Society 2020

The "Research and Society(s)" call for projects aims to support the association of academic and economic partners, upstream of innovation, to build lasting collaborations and accelerate the valorization of scientific discoveries into innovation, directly driving economic and social development.

The aim of this scheme is to support collaborative research in all thematic areas, from the societal assessment of an innovation to the implementation of programs bringing together a laboratory(ies)-business(es) consortium.

This system has 2 components:

• Section 1 "Science and Society Research projects involving at least two laboratories in Occitanie, including one in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Section 2 "R&D Research projects involving at least one Occitanie laboratory and at least one company.

Details of the call for projects can be found in the rules and regulations, which can be downloaded here.

Applications must be submitted via the online platform at the following address:http://sesamesubventions.laregion-seformer.fr/sub/login-tiers.sub(seeUser Guide).

Opening of the platform: from March 9, 2020 tomidnight June 12,2020 (see extended deadline announced on March 25, 2020, depending on developments, this date may be extended).

All the information about this system is available

- on the LTSUB/SESAME platform:http://sesamesubventions.laregion-seformer.fr/sub/login-tiers.sub

- on the Region's website:https://www.laregion.fr/Appel-a-projets-Recherche-et-Societe-s-2020