ANR MRSEI 2026 Grant to prepare your European or international project
- Marine Hurard
- Mar 12
- 1 min read
By Marine Hurard, European Project Manager – GO
🎯 The opportunity at a glance
Are you preparing a Horizon Europe, EDCTP or other international grant application? The French ANR helps you build and strengthen your consortium through the MRSEI scheme (Montage de Réseaux Scientifiques Européens ou Internationaux – Support for Building European or International Scientific Networks).
Funding: up to 36,000€ over 24 months
✅ Eligibility criteria
✓ You coordinate a European/international collaborative project
✓ The target call must be single-stage (no pre-proposal phase)
✓ Target call deadline at least 5 months after MRSEI submission
💡 What can MRSEI grant fund?
Kick-off meetings with your European/international partners
Travel to consolidate scientific collaborations
Temporary support for proposal writing
Consultant expertise to review your technical proposal (up to 10 000€)
📅 Timeline – Wave 1/2026
Opening | March 17th, 2026 |
Submission deadline | May 19th, 2026 |
Evaluation | May-September 2026 |
Project start | End September 2026 |
Second deadline 2026: September 1st, 2026
Project start: End Novembre 2026
🚀 New: Jeton MRSEI for French PI or scientific leads of FRAL or PRCI projects
The ‘J-MRSEI’ programme 2026 is open to French principal investigators or scientific leads of FRAL or PRCI projects who wish to submit an ambitious, interdisciplinary project to a European or international call for proposals as project coordinator.
Open until the end of the year
🚀 Ready to apply?
The Grant Office supports you in preparing your MRSEI application.
Contact: gonationa[at]pasteur.fr
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