The National Research Agency (ANR) is a public administrative establishment, placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, of Research and Innovation. The Agency implements project-based research funding, for public operators in cooperation with each other or with companies.
The ANR was created in 2005 to promote French research on projects, and to stimulate innovation by promoting the emergence of multidisciplinary collaborative projects and encouraging “public-private” collaborations. It is also about strengthening the positioning of French research at European and global level..