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