ANRS Emerging infectious diseases Start programme

Support for training: the Fellowships funding scheme

The Fellowships funding scheme aims to fund grants for junior scientists wishing to train for a career in research.

Call for applications ‘Master’s Grants – International Network’

This call for applications is specifically aimed at junior scientists from LMICs (Low and Middle Income Countries) and is intended to enable the successful candidates to follow a Master I, Master II or Specialised Master’s degree and to open up opportunities to pursue a career in research in close collaboration with the partners of the ANRS MIE International Network (partner sites and PRISME – Platforms for International Global Health Research).

Call for applications ‘Master’s Grants – International Network’

This call for applications is specifically aimed at junior scientists from LMICs (Low and Middle Income Countries) and is intended to enable the successful candidates to follow a Master I, Master II or Specialised Master’s degree and to open up opportunities to pursue a career in research in close collaboration with the partners of the ANRS MIE International Network (partner sites and PRISME – Platforms for International Global Health Research).

The ‘Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine’ excellence grant

Each year, the ANRS MIE funds an excellence scholarship, the ‘Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine’ scholarship, to enable French-speaking healthcare professionals from sub-Saharan Africa or South-East Asia to join the Master’s degree in ‘Global Health in the South – Global Health’ at Isped/University of Bordeaux, and to conduct research in their country on ANRS MIE research topics.

Since 2023, this programme has been supplemented by an ancillary grant designed to finance the ‘Methods and Practice in Epidemiology’ University Diploma (DU) offered by Isped. This grant is aimed at candidates wishing to consolidate their pre-requisites in epidemiology and statistics in order to apply for a Master’s degree.

Research support: funding for research projects led by junior researchers

In 2025, the ANRS MIE will launch dedicated calls for projects and applications to help launch the careers of junior researchers.

Several types of projects may be supported: exploratory projects, aimed at obtaining initial research results, full research projects and junior research chairs.

Start network

The Start network is a cross-disciplinary network aimed at junior scientists supported by the Start programme or other funding tools, as well as anyone interested in the ANRS MIE research topics.

Its aim is to help build a scientific community by encouraging exchanges and collaboration between different disciplines and research themes.

The network is based on the involvement of junior researchers, who are invited to share their ideas and needs to enrich and co-create the actions put in place.

Two thematic networks that complement the Start network also exist:

1. The AMYB network (ANRS MIE Young Basic research community network), founded in 2021 on the initiative of four junior researchers funded by the ANRS MIE. Its aim is to bring together junior scientists supported by the agency and working on basic research on HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, tuberculosis and emerging infectious diseases.
2. The network of young social science researchers on HIV/AIDS, founded in 2008 and financially supported by the agency, aims to share information and know-how, encourage networking and provide support in responding to calls for projects, as well as promoting scientific exchanges on issues related to HIV/AIDS and, more recently, other diseases included within the agency’s scope. It supports collective reflection on the political, ethical and operational implications of research work.