Research support: I-SITE 2026 excellence program
As part of the I-SITE Excellence Program, the University is implementing its research support program for the year 2026.
This program is open to all research organizations affiliated with the institutions participating in the strategic agreement (BRGM – CEA – CIHEAM-IAM – CHU-Montpellier – CHU-Nîmes – CIRAD – CNRS – ENSCM – ICM – IFREMER – INRAE – INRIA – INSERM – Institut Agro Montpellier – IRD – University of Montpellier) attached to the University of Montpellier's research clusters.
It aims to support two types of actions:
- Acquisition of research equipment with a focus on sharing
- Recruitment of a postdoctoral researcher (young researcher)
Calendar
| STAGES | |
| Launch of the AAP | July 15, 2025 |
| Application deadline | September 24, 2025 |
| Sent to internal and external evaluators | October 13, 2025 |
| Deadline for returning evaluations | November 3, 2025 |
| Review of applications by the Selection Committee | November 14, 2025 |
| Analysis and validation of files in COMIS | November 18, 2025 |
| Announcement of results | December 8, 2025 |
| Provision of funds | January 2026 |
Submission guidelines
Projects originating from each research structure are submitted exclusively by their directors.
Files must be submitted in PDF format according to the attached template:
Amount available
| Type of action | Potential total amount | Maximum amount of aid per project |
| Equipment | €1,300,000 | €100,000 |
| Postdoctoral researcher (early-career researcher) | €1,150,000 (equivalent to 14 fixed-term contracts) | 1 postdoc per application |
| Total | €2,450,000 |
Number of projects per research structure
The directors of the organization are required to moderate the number of applications submitted according to the following scale:
- For the Equipment section: a maximum of two applications may be submitted per research organization, with mandatory ranking.
- For the "post-doctoral (young researcher)" section: the total number of applications submitted by a research organization depends on its size:
| Number of EC and C holders | < 30 | 30≤N <60 | 60≤N <100 | N>100 |
| Total number of files (excluding equipment) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Target audience
Full Professors, tenured researchers.
This program is open to all research organizations under the supervision of institutions that are part of the strategic agreement linked to the University of Montpellier's research clusters.