The Associate Teams 2026 call for proposals is open!

An Associate Team is a joint research project created between an Inria project-team and a research team from abroad  for a period of 3 years. The two partners jointly define a scientific objective with a clear added value for each of them, a research plan and a program for bilateral exchanges.

The regional or thematic priorities of the call reflect the institute's international strategy to anchor its presence in the world and develop strong partnerships with several countries.

The Associate Team budget is dedicated to support:

• exchanges between France and the partner country for researchers, engineers, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and interns:
  • between France and the country partner;
  • between the country partner and France;
• the organization of joint workshops/workshops.

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For the 2026 call, an Associate Team proposal must correspond to one of the program objectives set out below:

A. National Priorities: all Inria centers are eligible.

B. Local Priorities: only project teams attached to the Inria center concerned are eligible.

A. National Priorities

B.  Local Priorities

The Local Priorities, a new feature of the Associated Teams 2025 campaign, complement the national priorities for each Inria Center and are designed to support each Center's site policy.

Each Inria Centre has been asked to propose a maximum of 2 local priorities this year, in close connection with the international priorities and strategies of its university partners as part of its site policy. A priority can be an establishment or an alliance of establishments. These priorities are sometimes aligned with national priorities, or may be distinct.

The local priorities indicated for a given Inria Center are eligible only for project teams attached to that Center.

For more details, see the text of the 2026 call.