Support for research: I-SITE 2026 program of excellence
As part of the I-SITE Excellence Program, the University is implementing its research support program for 2026.
This program is open to all research structures under the supervision of establishments in the strategic agreement (BRGM - CEA - CIHEAM-IAM - CHU-Montpellier - CHU-Nîmes - CIRAD - CNRS - ENSCM - ICM - IFREMER - INRAE - INRIA - INSERM - Institut Agro Montpellier - IRD - Université de Montpellier) attached to the University of Montpellier's divisions.
It aims to support 2 types of action:
- Acquisition of research equipment, with emphasis on pooling of resources
- Recruitment of a post-doc (young researcher)
Calendar
| STEPS | |
| Launch of the AAP | 15/07/2025 |
| Application deadline | 24/09/2025 |
| Sent to internal and external evaluators | 13/10/2025 |
| Deadline for returning evaluations | 03/11/2025 |
| Analysis of files by the Selection Committee | 14/11/2025 |
| Analysis and validation of files by COMIS | 18/11/2025 |
| Results announcement | 08/12/2025 |
| Credit availability | January 2026 |
How to submit
Projects from each research structure are submitted exclusively by their directors.
Files are submitted in PDF format according to the attached template:
Amount available
| Type of action | Potential overall amount | Maximum amount of aid per project |
| Equipment | 1 300 000 € | 100 k€ |
| Post-doc (young researcher) | 1,150,000 (14 CDDs) | 1 post doc per folder |
| Total | 2 450 000 € |
Number of projects by research structure
Facility managers are asked to moderate the number of applications submitted according to the following scale:
- For the Equipment section: a maximum of 2 applications per research structure, with compulsory ranking.
- For the "post-doc (young researcher)" section: the total number of applications submitted by a research structure depends on its size:
| Number of titular EC and C | < 30 | 30≤N <60 | 60≤N <100 | N>100 |
| Total number of files (excluding equipment) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Target audience
Professors, tenured researchers.
This program is open to all research structures under the supervision of establishments in the strategic agreement attached to the Université de Montpellier clusters.