Past Calls
ImmuNE young investigators grants provide funding to promising young scientists who have interest in immunological research at Nantes Université and are at the beginning of their career. These 50,000€ grants (for 18 months) are designed to help young scientists to complete (especially in the context of a future application for a permanent position) or initiate an independent research project. The proposed projects can be either emergent (i.e. proof of concept and/or need for preliminary data before submitting to national calls (ex: ANRJCJC, INCa)) or a development of a current project (new hypothesis, need to use an alternative technology, experiments required for a revision etc). The main objective of this call is to significantly support the early career of the researcher. These grants may cover materials, lab technician, master fellowship, lab services or other costs but may not be used to fund the salary of the applicant.This call is open to young investigators of the LabEx ImmuNE core teams (UMR1064-CR2TI teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; UMR1302-INCIT teams 1, 2, 3 and UMR1307-CRCI2NA teams 1, 2, 7, 10, 12) AND of partner research teams at Nantes Université interested by immunology and provided they collaborate with a core team.
Short proposals will be reviewed and ranked by the Scientific Advisory Board of the LabEx ImmuNE.
The LabEx ImmuNE will support up to 3 projects which will benefit from €50k funding each for 18 months.
You will find below the call for projects as well as the application form. The deadline for returning application files is June 15, 2025. The results will be announced on August 25, 2025.
Please download the full call for proposals here: 2025 call for proposals
Please download the application form here: 2025 application form
The ELIT (Elaborating InTerdisciplinarity with SSH) research network aims to bring together and develop interdisciplinary relationships between the humanities and social sciences (HSS) and engineering and health sciences, in order to jointly develop common issues relating to the future prospects of these fields. As a place for implementing an interdisciplinary methodology, ELIT aims to be an incubator for thinking about, understanding, and articulating interdisciplinary interactions around the challenges of the future of health and the future of industry by enabling researchers from all disciplines to share their analyses and expertise from the earliest stages of research program design. In order to support the emergence of interdisciplinary projects and collaborations combining the social sciences and humanities with engineering and/or health sciences around the challenges of health and the industry of the future, ELIT supports interdisciplinary projects through a system of internship grants for students in their first or second year of a master's degree. Since 2023, 17 projects and 25 internships have been supported through this program.
New for 2025-2026: Partnership between the ELIT network and the Labex ImmuNE
The Labex ImmuNE (Immunology Nantes Excellence) wishes to encourage new interdisciplinary initiatives combining immunology with a discipline in the social sciences and humanities. It is therefore joining forces with ELIT for this call for applications. Two grants will be specifically funded by the Labex ImmuNE for projects carried out within its teams and incorporating issues related to the social sciences and humanities, in order to bring an additional dimension to research practices in immunology.
Please download the full call here
Please download the application form here
Submission deadline: November 6, 2025
Contact: laurence.wolff@univ-nantes.fr
Updated on 02 December 2025.