Chairs

An AXA Chair is an AXA professorship where the chair holder may combine teaching activities with research work.

Institutions may apply for one of the following funding schemes:

  • Endowed Chairs: the institution is expected to invest the capital and fund the chair using the interest
    - Distinguished Permanent Chair (up to 4m€)
    - Distinguished Visiting Chair (up to 3m€)
    - Junior Visiting Chair (up to 2m€)

  • Non-endowed Fixed-term Chair (up to 100k€/y): the institution can use the capital and interest to fund the program (3 to 5 years)

2012 chairs campaign

Closing: February 23th at 11.59PM (French time)


An institution is allowed to submit only one application in 2012 either for an endowed or a fixed-term chair.

Process:

1.      Request for an application form: The operational contact requests an application form from the AXA Research Fund by email at chairs@axa.com 

2.      Application: The operational contact is responsible for ensuring that the duly completed application is submitted by the stated deadline to chairs@axa.com

3.      Review of application
- Review by international referees
- Final selection by the
Scientific Board of the AXA Research Fund

4.      Selection criteria
- The applying institution’s reputation for academic excellence and its relationship to the international community
-  The academic excellence and innovative nature of the chair project
-  The consistency between the chair project and the long-term development policy of the institution
- The research track record of the chair holder
-  The operational strength and quality of the organization set up to support this chair project
- The quality of the research environment and working conditions offered to researchers through the chair
-  The chair’s contribution to strengthening international networks  

5.      Communication of results: The Fund informs the institution’s legal representative and operational contact

 

Modus operandi

To find out more about the selection process for each type of funding and the dates of our annual funding campaigns, download the modus operandi.

Granted projects

€ 76 million committed, 289 research projects supported in 24 countries, 47 different nationalities.

Find out more about granted projects