25 Postdoctoral Fellowships, AXA Research Fund, France (2017)

In 2017 the AXA Research Fund will be offering up to 25 Post-Doctoral Fellowships to outstanding researchers. Each grant can be up to €130,000 at most and for a duration of 18 to 24 month period. To that end, the AXA Research Fund implements two bottom-up calls for applications addressed to the research institutions registered in the AXA Research Fund database and willing to host Post-Doctoral Fellowship candidates.

The AXA Research Fund Advisory Board wishes to fund academic projects contributing to improve the ability of the Society to better manage global risks. In details, the following topics fall within the scope of priority thematic:

Improving the Management of Life & Health Risks, and in particular:

Demographics, longevity and aging
Prevention, personalized health and behaviour change
Population health management
Management of chronic & non communicable diseases management and long term care
Efficiency of healthcare systems

Improving the Management of Data & Technological Risks, and in particular:

Robotics, automation & autonomous vehicles
Artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning
Cyber risk & protection

Improving the Management of Climate & Environment Risks, and in particular:

Risk modelling of natural hazards & weather events
Urban resilience
Sustainable resource management

Improving the Management of Finance, Insurance and Regulation Risks, and in particular:

Asset valuation, risk modelling and behavioral finance
Responsible investment strategies & sustainable finance
Geopolitical & country risk
Systemic risk and macro-economic and societal role of insurance

Only research projects with justified relevance to this list will be considered for funding.

Further details:
http://www.researchgate.net