ANR

CRAL is involved in collaborative research through scientific research projects selected and funded by national or international organizations. In this context, CRAL hosts the following partnerships (EC, PIA, and ANR) [contracts listed starting in 2016].

CYPRESS – Carbon in Young Pre-planetary Systems

Project duration: October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2030
Project reference: ANR-25-CE31-1396
Principal investigators: Bruno Lopez (Lagrange), Jean-François Gonzalez (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Host institution: UCBL-LIP

CI-CNM: Evolution of Molecular Gas Over Cosmic Time

Project duration: 2025 – 2029
Principal Investigator: Jens-Kristian Krogager (CRAL)
Contract type: Young Researchers (JCJC)
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

FIRSTGAL: The Hidden Population of Galaxies from the Cosmic Dawn to Reionization

Project duration: 03/2025 – 03/2029
Project reference: ANR-24-CE31-0838
Principal Investigators: Hakim Atek (IAP), Joakim Rosdahl (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

DARK: the evolution of dark matter halos in distant star-forming disks

Project duration: 09/2023 – 09/2027
Project reference: ANR-22-CE31-0006
Principal Investigator: Nicolas Bouché, with Jérémy Fensch (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative Research Project – International (PRCI)
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

LIO – Lyon Institute of Origins

Project duration: 04/13/2011 – 12/31/2019
Project renewed: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2024
Project reference: ANR-10-LABX-0066
Principal Investigator: Bruno Guiderdoni (CRAL)
Contract type: Investment for the Future Program – Laboratory of Excellence
Administering institution: COMUE UdL

DISKBUILD: Planetary Formation Processes During the Assembly of the Solar Nebula

Project duration: 2021–2023
Project reference: ANR-20-CE49-
Principal investigator: Benoît Commerçon (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Managing institution: CNRS-DR7

L-INTENSE: Lyman-alpha mapping of the Intergalactic Medium at high redshifts

Project duration: 2021–2023
Project reference: ANR-20-DFG-
Principal investigator: Roland Bacon (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative research project – international (PRCI)
Managing institution: CNRS-DR7

Star formation and structure of primordial galaxies

Project duration: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
Project reference: –
Principal investigator: Jérémy Fensch (CRAL)
Contract type: Investment for the Future Program – IDEXLYON / IMPULSION
Administering institution: ENSLyon

POPSYCLE – Population Synthesis for Star Clusters and Galaxies – Achieving the Precision of Modern Spectrophotometric Surveys through Renewed Stellar Physics

Project duration: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2023
Project reference: ANR-19-CE31-0022
CRAL Principal Investigator: Philippe Prugniel (CRAL)
Contract type: Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Managing institution: CNRS-DR7

Sedimentation and particle transport in turbulent flows

Project duration: June 17, 2018 – December 31, 2021
Project reference: ANR-16-IDEX-0005
CRAL Principal Investigator: Guillaume Laibe (CRAL)
Contract type: Investment for the Future Program – IDEXLYON / Scientific Breakthrough Program
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

Live-MetaOptics – Hybrid dynamic structures for shape control of optical-quality surfaces

Project duration: 10/01/2018 – 09/30/2022
Project Reference: ANR-18-CE42-0007
Principal Investigator: Gil Moretto (CRAL)
Contract Type: Interdisciplinary R&D – Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Managing Institution: CNRS-DR7

3DGASFLOWS – Understanding the role of gas flows around galaxies through a comparison of 3D observations and numerical simulations

Project duration: 10/01/2017 – 05/31/2023
Project reference: ANR-17-CE31-0017
Principal Investigator: Nicolas Bouché (CRAL)
Contract type: Challenge of Other Disciplines – Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Managing institution: CNRS-DR7

Planet-Forming-Disks – Better Models for Better Data

Project duration: 10/01/2016 – 09/31/2021
Project reference: ANR-16-CE31-0013
CRAL Principal Investigator: Jean-François Gonzalez (CRAL)
Contract type: Challenge of Other Disciplines – Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

Orage – Hydrodynamics and Radiation in Galaxies of the Early Universe

Project duration: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2019
Project reference: ANR-14-CE33-0016
CRAL Principal Investigator: Jérémy Blaizot (CRAL)
Contract type: Challenge of Other Disciplines – Collaborative Research Project (PRC)
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7

FOGHAR – High-resolution views of galaxy formation with VLT/MUSE

Project duration: January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2018
Project reference: ANR-13-BS05-0010
Principal Investigator: Bruno Guiderdoni (CRAL)
Contract type: SIMI 5 Open Call Program
Administering institution: CNRS-DR7