AXA Chairs

All you need to know about the AXA Chairs

KEY INFORMATIONS

Duration

An AXA Chair is awarded for a period of 5 years.

Budget

200.000€ per year for 5 years maximum. It is the responsibility of the institution to submit a carefully calibrated budget, justified in a detailed and coherent manner.

Prospective Chairholder

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.

WHAT IS AN AXA CHAIR ?

The AXA Chair is the premium funding scheme of the AXA Research Fund. It aims at :

creating a dedicated full-time senior academic position in an institution
supporting a significant acceleration in the development of a research field
fostering a step-change in the career of the appointed AXA Professor

ELIGIBILITY

Institutions

Host institutions must be registered in the AXA Research Fund’s database

Prospective Chairholder

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.

Research program

The research program should demonstrate its scientific originality and innovative nature.

How to Apply?

Step 1: Expression of interest

Please submit prospective chairholder’s short CV, title of the research program and one-page description of the research project to chairs@axa.com. Institutions are allowed to submit only one candidate.

Step 2: Full application

Please submit a full application in English by the deadline. Application received after the deadline won’t be eligible.

Step 3: Rebuttal

Candidates will have the opportunity to respond the reviewers' comments before their application are submitted to the AXA Research Fund's Scientific Board.

Step 4: Video presentation

A 3 minutes video presentation of the prospective Chairholder and of the research program.

Chair Application Guidelines 2019

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Key Dates

Fall campaign – Octoberl 2018

Expression of interestOctober 22nd, 2018
Full applicationNovember 26th, 2018
RebuttalFebruary 13th - 20th, 2019
Video presentationFebruary 20th, 2019
Results announcementApril 30th, 2019

Key Dates

Spring campaign – April 2019

Expression of interestApril 22nd, 2019
Full applicationJune 21st, 2019
RebuttalSeptember 9th - 16th, 2019
Video presentationSeptember 16th, 2019
Results announcementNovember 30th, 2019

For any enquiries please contact

Chairs@axa.com