Impulscience®
Each year, Impulscience® is awarded to seven mid-career researchers working in the life sciences in a French public research organization. The Foundation endows each project with 2.3 million euros for five years, a sum that includes management costs and a personal grant for the researcher.
- Rules - Impulscience 2025(PDF - 466.9 Ko)
Call for applications
Online applications open on February 17, 2025 and close on April 7, 2025, for candidates who have responded to ERC Starting or Consolidator 2024 calls or June 23, 2025, for candidates who have responded to ERC Advanced 2024 call.
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences
Each year, the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences awards a researcher under the age of 45 for his or her outstanding contribution to his or her field of scientific research. Depending on the year, the prize is awarded to a researcher working in France or in another European country. The prize personally rewards the laureate with 100,000 euros.
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The call for applications for the 2025 edition is now closed.
ATIP-Avenir program
This program encourages young researchers with outstanding research projects to return or to set up their own team in France. The grant amounts to 300,000 euros over 3 years, in addition to the Inserm and/or CNRS grant.
Next session
Candidates for the 2025 edition will be selected from among the 2025 ATIP-Avenir laureates from Inserm and CNRS.
Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour l'intelligence de la main®
Created in 1999, the Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour l'intelligence de la main® recognize know-how, creativity and innovation in the field of craftsmanship. It includes three awards: Talents, Dialogues, Parcours (Contribution and Commitment).
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The call for applications for the 2025 edition is now closed.
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing
The creation of the Liliane Bettencourt Choral Singing Prize in 1989 was one of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller’s first initiatives. It resulted from the Foundation and the Academy of Fine Arts’ shared desire to encourage French choirs and contribute to the development and promotion of this amazing art form.
Next session
The call for applications for the 2025 edition is now closed.
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