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ANR
Founded:	2005
Scope:	National
Policy area:	Socio-economics, Other
Type of institution:	Governmental
Field of work:	Economics, Policy, Private, Public, Research, Science
Language:	French, English
URL:	ANR website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	ANR
Country(ies):	France
Date:	13/03/2012

The French National Research Agency ( French : Agence nationale de la recherche, ANR) is a research funding organisation. It was established by the French government to fund research projects, based on competitive schemes giving researchers opportunities to realize their projects and paving the way for ground-breaking new knowledge. The role of the Agency is to bring more flexibility to the French research system, foster new dynamics and devise cutting edge-strategies for acquiring new knowledge. The ANR funds scientific teams, both public and private, in the form of short-term research contracts.

Objective	To enhance the general level of competitiveness of both the French research system and the French economy.
Thematic priority(ies)	Environment and Biological Resources Engineering, Processes and Security Health and Biology Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies Sustainable Energy Social Sciences and Humanities
Functions	Funding research projects
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	INRA , CNRS
Keywords	Research, research funding,

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Overall policies, institutions and instruments for sustainable forest management, Socio-economic functions	Energy from wood resources, Institutional framework, Financial instruments, Research, training and education	Resource use, including recycled materials, Forest sector enterprise structure, Investment and research & development, Energy generation and use, Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stock