Launched in 2016 with the support of Idex Université Grenoble Alpes, the Cross-disciplinary Programs (CDP) are ambitious cutting-edge research projects built at the confluence of several disciplines, with the aim of advancing science and innovation and providing answers to four major challenges of the 21st century:

• Sustainable society and planet
• Health, well-being and technology
• Digital technology
• Understanding and fostering innovation

With a new investment of €7,6 million for the 7 new CDP and €6,8 million for the 14 programs funded by the Cross disciplinary Tools (CDTools), it’s a total of €14 million invested to position the UGA as a major player, both nationally and internationally, in a number of strategic areas such as quantum engineering, artificial intelligence, computer security and personalized medicine.

These projects, which are resolutely interdisciplinary, give pride of place to human, political and social sciences, with 30% of the scientific community coming from these communities. Here again, the CDPs have helped Grenoble become a leader in interdisciplinary fields such as the links between beauty and health, research and creation, heritage science, and environmental modeling.

The 21 CDP projects

New CDP projects

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  BOOT

  roBOts for real wOrld interacTion

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  DefiCO2

  Capture and use CO2 to limit global warming

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  Grenoble-Neurotech

  Neurotechnologies for functional rehabilitation

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  MuSiTox

  Simultaneous multiresolution X-ray tomography: developments, extensions and applications

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  PowerAlps

  Power Electronics, driver of decarbonized of electricity

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  PUNAISES?

  For an insect-based diet: scientific, economic and societal issues?

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  Sport Perf Health

  Sport and physical activity constitute essential subjects of scientific study both as original models for the development of knowledge and as relevant fields of application in several scientific domains, in order to addr...

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Continued CDP projects

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  ACME

  Air quality and Climate at urban scale: an interdisciplinary assessment on health, Mobility, Economic issues and inequalities.

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  CerCoG@UGA

  From neuron to collective cognition, the functions and dysfunctions of the brain and human cognition

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  Circular

  Designing circular industrial systems for the Industry of the Future.

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  Cosmethics 2.0

  At the confluence of beauty and health, from molecules to social habits.

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  CyberAlps

  Adressing Cybersecurity challenges by bridging technology and social science

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  Glyco@Alps2

  Glyco@Alps explores the fascinating structural diversity and complexity of sugars, a class of molecule referred to as the “dark-matter” of biomolecules, compared to lipids, proteins or nucleic acids.

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  my Health Companions

  Miniaturized, minimally or non-invasive, discreet and innovative companions, in a framework of co-design with all stakeholders, allowing everyone to control their health, from prevention to care.

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  Origin of Life

  Explore life on Earth, and beyond?

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  OTE

  Open and participatory science at the service of the transition - Energy Transition Observatory (OTE)

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  Patrimalp Tools

  To develop and pass on to future generations an interdisciplinary science of heritage, in order to understand the heritage object in all its complexity using cross-disciplinary and innovative research methods without los...

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  Performance Lab

  Grasping the sensorial.

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  RISK (Gi2R)

  Managing risk for a more resilient world.

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  TiQua

  The quantum through all its expressions: science, society, innovation, ethics and sustainability.

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  Way2Health

  Investigating crucial contributing factors to optimize health trajectories, including access to care, socio-economic factors, environmental exposures and urban design.

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