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).
Call for applications
The call for applications for the 2025 edition of the Talents and Dialogues awards is open until March 18, 2025.
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 2025 edition is dedicated to choir school and children's choir. Call for applications opens January 6 and closes April 8, 2025.
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.
Next session
The 2025 edition of the prize will be awarded to a European researcher working in France. The call for candidates among selected scientists will be launched from January 6 to February 28, 2025. Nominated candidates will be invited to submit their applications between March 3 and April 21, 2025.
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 2024(PDF - 1.9 Mo)
Next session
Submission of applications opens on Wednesday March 20, 2024 and closes on Thursday May 2, 2024.
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.
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