University head hits out at elimination of regional institutions from flagship French scheme
The results from the first round of a major French government funding call for research programmes in the humanities and social sciences show that assessors are biased in favour of big academic institutions in Paris, the president of Paul Valéry University in Montpellier has claimed.
Paul Valéry University was a member of two of the 21 consortia whose bids were knocked back by the preselection panel for the competition. Seventeen bids have been invited to submit full proposals to the €100 million scheme, with a deadline of 1 October.