PNR EST call for research proposals on "Radiofrequencies and health"

On 14 October 2024, ANSES launched its 2025 call for research proposals on the topic "Radiofrequencies and Health". It is financed by funds entrusted to ANSES by the Ministry responsible for ecological transition, energy, climate and risk prevention.

This call is issued as part of the National Research Programme for Environmental and Occupational Health (PNR EST). This programme aims to encourage scientific communities to produce data of use in the different phases of health risk assessment, thereby bringing research and scientific expert appraisal closer together.

The selection process will be divided into two stages: 

• An initial selection on the basis of letters of intent 
• A second round of selection based on complete applications

Two committees are involved. The scientific committee is made up of researchers, and is responsible for evaluating and selecting projects on scientific grounds. The steering committee, made up of representatives of the funding bodies, relevant ministries and other stakeholders, draws up the list of projects to be funded from among those shortlisted by the scientific committee.

 The call for proposals and the research questions

The scope and conditions are described in the text of the call for research proposals. It is accompanied by a list of research questions that have been identified as priority areas for potential users of this research. These questions are the topics that this call aims to document. Four research areas are addressed: 

• Mechanisms of action at molecular and cellular level
• Physiological responses to and health effects of radiofrequencies
• Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
• Characterisation of exposure

Project submission terms

Letters of intent and complete applications must be submitted online using the Iris platform: https://iris.anr.fr/en/login.

Provisional timetable for the call

• 14 October 2024: opening of the call.
• Mid-October 2024: opening of the Iris platform.
• 17 December 2024 at noon: deadline for submitting letters of intent.
• End of March 2025: project coordinators informed of the first selection results, based on the letters of intent.  
• 15 May 2025 at noon: deadline for submitting complete applications.
• September 2025: publication of the final selection results.

Letters of intent must be submitted online by the scientific project leaders no later than 17 December 2024 at noon (12:00), French time.

For those whose letters of intent are shortlisted, complete applications must be submitted online by the project scientific leaders no later than 16 May 2025 at noon (12:00), French time.

The time of the submission deadline must be respected.

Acknowledge of receipt of electronic applications will be automatically sent to the scientific project leaders.

Applications that are incomplete, received after the deadline or do not fulfil the eligibility criteria will not be evaluated.

For administrative or scientific information, please contact the Research Funding Unit by email (recherche@anses.fr) or, if needed, by telephone at: +33 (0)1 49 77 23 02 or +33 (0)1 56 29 18 88

Practical recommendations

• Before submission of the letter of intent or the complete application, carefully read the text of the call, and in particular the "eligibility criteria" section and annexes with the relevant research topics and "list of chargeable expenses".
• Once finalised, submit the letter of intent or the complete application to ANSES using the platform (remember to click on the "dépôt" button). You are strongly advised not to wait until the deadline.

Find out more

Text of the 2025 Call for Research Proposals on "Radiofrequencies and Health"

News item on the call for research proposals

Reminder of the press release on the joint declaration promoting "Open Science"