An AXA Chair is awarded for a period of 5 years
200.000€ per year for 5 years maximum
The prospective Chairholder is expected to be PhD + 10 years minimum
The AXA Chair is the premium funding scheme of the AXA Research Fund. It aims at:
Selection rate:
Spring 2018: 20%
Fall 2018 : 28.5%
Host institutions must be registered in the AXA Research Fund’s database.
Host Institutions can submit only one candidate for the whole institution (and not one per department, faculty or laboratory).
The prospective Chairholder is expected to be at least PhD + 10 years minimum, to be of the highest caliber and should have demonstrated outstanding research achievements.
The research program should demonstrate its scientific originality and innovative nature.
Please submit through our online application platform: details about the candidate (birth date and PhD defence date), short CV (3 pages) and research programme's title and description (3000 characters including spaces).
Candidate will be invited to submit a full application through our online application platform. Application must be submitted in English by the deadline. Application received after the deadline won’t be eligible.
Candidates will have one week to respond to the reviewers' comments before their application are submitted to the AXA Research Fund's Scientific Board.
Upon request: a 3 minutes video presentation of the prospective Chairholder and of the research program.
Expression of interestSeptember 20 - October 15, 2021 4pm CEST
Full applicationOctober 21 - November 19, 2021 4pm CEST
RebuttalFebruary 21-28, 2022
Video presentation (upon request only)March 17, 2022
Results announcementMay 30, 2022