Highlights
PhD students, researchers, engineers, professors... Key players who have left their mark on the world of research through prizes and publications, and an inventory of recent projects and discoveries..
Notable discoveries
- Nature-inspired solutions to sustainably increase crop yieldThe recently launched EU-funded project GAIN4CROPS aims to improve photosynthetic efficiency of the oil crop sunflower using nature-inspired solutions and innovative breeding techniques. The 5-year 8M € project, funded u...Find out more
- NASA-style approach needed to prevent “bad science” influencing COVID policy, say researchersA new paper in Nature: Human Behaviour says behavioural science needs to undergo rigorous testing before it informs public policy on critical issues such as government responses to Covid-19. If no such testing can be do...Find out more
Awards and honors
- AppointmentProfessor Virgile Chassagnon of Université Grenoble Alpes, one of three nominees for Best Young Economist of France 2020At the age of 38, Virgile Chassagnon, professor at Université Grenoble Alpes and founding director of the Institut de recherche pour l’économie politique de l'entreprise (Research institute for the political economy of b...Find out more
- Accolade/AwardThe 2020 Grands Prix of the Foundations of the Institut de FranceThe Grand Prix Scientifique of the Charles Defforey Foundation, on the theme "Exoplanets", was awarded to Jean-Luc Beuzit [1], Anthony Boccaletti [2], Gael Chauvin [3], Thierry Fusco [4] , Maud Langlois [5] and David Mou...Find out more
Published on October 7, 2020
Updated onOctober 7, 2020
Updated onOctober 7, 2020
