Long-term Thematic Projects Sustainable Chemistry for Energy (CHIMENE)

Objectives – Sustainable chemistry to address major societal challenges

TheCHIMENE Long-Term Thematic Project (PTL) has the following objectives:

• Attract and train a new generation ofProfessors researchers andProfessors and perpetuate the scientific excellence of the cluster's teams;
• To enhance the attractiveness of the site by leveraging other competitive, high-visibility funding, particularly national (CNRS, ANR, etc.) and European (MSCA, ERC, etc.);
• To anchor sustainable development as a guiding principle in all supported scientific projects.
• To anchor research at the regional and international levels.

Its ambition is to respond to the challenges of the energy transition by placing sustainable development at the heart of its research approach.

Themes

Call for projects – Support mechanisms for emerging talent

To achieve these ambitions, the PTLs rely on two annual calls for projects:

• TALENTS: funding for four long-term fixed-term researcher contracts (18 months), with €8,000 in operating costs per contract.
• NEXT: funding for twelve Master's 2 internships (6 months), including stipends and operating costs.

A mentoring program is offered to recipients of Master 2 internship grants (NEXT) with the following objectives:

• Support for applications to competitive calls for proposals (MSCA, ERC, ANR, etc.);
• Preparation and support for competitive examinations for permanent positions (CNRS, MCU, etc.).
• Identifying thesis projects to be pursued within the Chemistry Division;

News – current projects and achievements

Explore the projects currently underway at CHIMENE:

• CHIMENE projects

Schedule

• PTL Launch Day February 13, 2025 Mini-symposium on Sustainable Chemistry for Health and Energy: from LABUM to PTLs – University of Montpellier
• Launch of the NEXT 2026 Call for Proposals The Call for Proposals – Master's Internship Grants "NEXT" and "CHEM-IA" from the Chemistry Department – University of Montpellier