The University of Lille offers a stimulating environment for all types of research, from basic to applied, from individual research projects to large-scale international research consortia. It offers dedicated support to project leads.
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Projects supported and submitted in 2024
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Research and services contracts signed in 2024
Laboratories of excellence
The excellence of the university’s research is recognised through the projects of the future investment programme (programme d’investissements d’avenir; PIA). The PIA is an original approach that prepares France for the challenges of tomorrow by placing excellence, innovation and cooperation at the heart of its priorities. The University of Lille is home to four laboratories of excellence (Labex).
State-Region Planning Contracts (Contrats de plan État-région; CPER)
Through a multi-year contract (2021-2027), the State and the region commit to planning and financing major projects, such as the creation of infrastructure or support for promising sectors, over the course of several years.
Here are a few examples of projects in which the university is involved:
ARIANES Association for Research and Advanced Imaging in Neuroscience and Mental Health
By exploring neurological and psychiatric pathologies, the ARIANES project will identify biomarkers that will feed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to improve the reading of images from the network of 22 3T MRI scanners in the Haut-de-France region.
This CPER is in line with the research priorities of the ‘Precision health’ I-Site Hub.
Coordination: Jean-Pierre Pruvo (Lille University Hospital)
Main institution: University of Lille
Partners: Amiens University Hospital, Lille University Hospital, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Inserm
ECRIN Environment Climate – Research & Innovation
The ECRIN project aims to improve our understanding of how climate change and, more broadly, environmental changes (air and water quality, etc.) linked to human activity affect our health and biodiversity. Understanding these impacts, from the regional to the global scale, is a major challenge. By observing changes in our environment, we will be able to propose appropriate adaptation or mitigation measures to facilitate the energy and environmental transition, whether through technological innovations, land-use planning policies or support for new collective or individual practices.
This CPER is in line with the research priorities of the ‘Science for a changing planet’ I-Site Hub.
Coordination: Hervé Delbarre (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale), Coralie Schoemaecker and Pascal Touzet
Main institutions: University of Lille and Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
Partners: Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Université Technologique de Compiège, Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL), IMT, INERIS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital.
EE 4.0 Electrical energy 4.0
The aim of the EE 4.0 project is to make electrical energy adaptable to needs, flexible, available and sustainable. It is characterised by its openness to new technologies, and the humanities and social sciences will be involved in the economic aspects and acceptability of new uses.
This CPER is in line with the research priorities of the ‘A digital world that works for humankind’ I-Site Hub.
Coordination: Stéphane Clénet (ENSAM)
Main institution: University of Lille
Partners: University of Lille, ’Artois University, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Université Technologique de Compiègne, YNCREA
ENHANCE Embedding a Human Dimension in Cultural Heritage
The ENHANCE project aims to develop a scientific approach to the relationship between cultural heritage, history and cognition based on synergies between human and social sciences, cognitive sciences and digital sciences, with a strong potential for transfer to society and placing the individual at the heart of the scientific approach and technological achievements. The aim is to enable realistic digital reconstructions linked to the history of Hauts-de-France and interfaced with the Huma-num national TGIR.
This CPER is in line with the research priorities of the ‘Changing cultures, societies and practices’ I-Site Hub.
Coordination: Laurent Sparrow and Stéphane Michonneau
Main institution: University of Lille
Partner: CNRS
University-Hospital Research (Recherche hospitalo-universitaire; RHU)
The University-Hospital Research (RHU) programme is designed to support translational and clinical research projects based on fundamental research in biology, epidemiology, social sciences or health economics.
Contact:
Transdisciplinary expertise and assistance with project development: stemp[at]univ-lille[point]fr
