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