AXA Chairs

Grant Name
AXA Chairs
Funder
AXA Research Fund
AXA Insurance Group
Country or Region
France
Research Field
Climate Change
Economics
Environmental Science
Health and Medicine
Robotics
Technology
Deadline
October 16, 2021 (Expired)
Grant Size
Upper €1,000,000EUR An AXA Chair is awarded for a period of 5 years.Budget is 200,000€ per year for 5 years maximum.
Contact Info
chairs@axa.com
Eligibility
Host institutions must be registered in the AXA Research Fund's database.The Chairholder is expected to be of the highest caliber, as evidenced by the standard indicators for assessing academic excellence: publications in first-rate journals, international stature and network.The profile of the candidate should be at least PhD+10 years from PhD defense date to the time of application.
Description
The AXA Research Fund was launched in 2007 to support science in its crucial role in responding to the most important issues facing our planet. AXA's scientific philanthropic initiative is committed to supporting science, contributing to societal progress and encouraging researchers to share their work with the larger public to inform public decision-making. The AXA Research Fund supports projects in the areas of Health, Environment, and Socio-Economics.The AXA Chair is a highly selective funding scheme intended to support a significant step change in the development of a research area within a host Institution and to contribute in a distinctive way to the development of that area in line with the Institution's long-term strategy. It aims at creating a full-time academic position in the host Institution and fostering a step-change in the career of the appointed AXA Professor. The host Institution must intend to create a permanent full-time position.The AXA Research Fund supports academic projects that both contribute to better understanding uncertainty and provide insights into global risks, in particular in the areas of:1. Health
- Demographics, longevity and aging
- Well-being, prevention, personalized health
- Management of chronic & non
- communicable diseases
- Efficiency of healthcare systems
- Infectious diseases & Epidemics
- Mental Health
- Artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning applied to health
- Robotics & automation applied to health2. Environment
- Climate change & Climate migration
- Biodiversity & natural capital
- Sustainable resource management / Sustainable cities
- Responsible investment strategies & sustainable finance
- Natural catastrophes
- Pollution
- Micro and nano plastics & effects on human health
- Artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning applied to Environment
- Robotics, automation applied to Environment3. Socio-Economics
- Behavioral economics
- Social & Financial inclusion
- Financial risk modeling
- Geopolitics
- Inclusive finance
- Systemic risk
- The macroeconomic and societal role of insurance
- Artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning applied to socio-economics
- Cyber risk & protection
- Blockchain
- Robotics, automation applied to Socio-EconomicsOnly research projects with relevance to the list above will be considered for funding. Eligibility Host institutions must be registered in the AXA Research Fund's database.The Chairholder is expected to be of the highest caliber, as evidenced by the standard indicators for assessing academic excellence: publications in first-rate journals, international stature and network.The profile of the candidate should be at least PhD+10 years from PhD defense date to the time of application.

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