National Research Agency (ANR)

Funding Agency and Programme Manager

The French National Research Agency (ANR) was established by the French government in 2005 to fund research projects, based on competitive schemes giving researchers the best opportunities to carry out their projects and paving the way for ground-breaking new knowledge.
The main mission of ANR is to fund the best basic research, but also targeted and applied research in particular through partnerships between companies and public sector laboratories. Its action is thus intended to support French research excellence at both academic and technological levels by means of a rigorous selection process based on evaluation by peer review. Finally, it is also the ANR's mission to strengthen international cooperation by contributing in particular to the funding of international consortia in partnership with other funding agencies in Europe and beyond.
Website: www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr

Maurice HERAL
Function	Water JPI Chair, Scientific Officer
Division	Environment, Ecosystems, and Biological Resources department
Email	maurice.heral@agencerecherche.fr
Phone	+33 1 78 09 80 33
Areas of expertise	Coastal ecosystem and integrated coastal zone management Research coordination, Former scientific director at IFREMER Creation of the EFARO network, member or Chair of ICES committees, representative of ANR in ERA-NETs: BiodivERsA, ARIMNET2, ERA-NETMED, COFASP, SEAS-ERA, ERA-NETs Cofund: BiodivERsA 3, Surplus, ERAGAZ, SUSAN, WaterWorks2015, WaterWorks2017, and representative of France in Water, FACCE and Oceans JPIs.
Role in Water JPI activities	Chair of the Water JPI Governing Board and Management Board (voting member) Coordinator of ERA-NETs Cofund WaterWorks2015 and WaterWorks2017 Funding partner in the 2016 and 2017 Joint Call Partner in the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014

Dominique DARMENDRAIL
Function	Water JPI Coordinator, Scientific Officer
Division	Environment, Ecosystems, and Biological Resources department
Email	dominique.darmendrail@agencerecherche.fr
Phone	+33 1 78 09 80 68
Areas of expertise	Hydrogeochemist Environmental risk assessment and management – contamination management Research coordination and funding
Role in Water JPI activities	Coordination of the Water JPI Leader of the Task Force on “International cooperation development” Partner of the Task Forces on “Interactions with H2020” and on “Alignment” Coordination team of the Water JPI ERA-NETs Cofund WaterWorks2015 and WaterWorks2017 and Partner of the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014 Coordinator of the CSA IC4Water on “Supporting International Cooperation on Water”

Juliette ARABI
Function	Water JPI Secretariat, Project Manager
Division	Environment, Ecosystems, and Biological Resources department
Email	waterjpisecretariat@agencerecherche.fr
Phone	+33 1 78 09 81 20
Areas of expertise	PhD in molecular biology Project management and funding Ceramic water filter technology and factory implementation
Role in Water JPI activities	Technical support to the Chair and Coordinator Secretariat of the ERA-NETs Cofund WaterWorks2015 and WaterWorks2017, and of the CSA IC4WATER “Supporting International Cooperation on Water” Partner in the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014

Nuria RUIZ
Function	Water JPI Secretariat, Project Manager
Division	Environment, Ecosystems, and Biological Resources department
Email	waterjpisecretariat@agencerecherche.fr
Phone	+33 1 73 54 81 55
Areas of expertise	PhD in Ecology PhD in Ecology Project management Environmental Impact Assessment Implementation of Ecological Engineering technologies and development of a technology transfer framework in China
Role in Water JPI activities	Technical support to the Chair and Coordinator Secretariat of the ERA-NETs Cofund WaterWorks2015 and WaterWorks2017, and of the CSA IC4WATER “Supporting International Cooperation on Water” Partner in the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014 National Contact Point for the 2016 and 2017 Joint Calls

Richard TAVARES
Function	Water JPI Secretariat, Project Manager
Division	Environment, Ecosystems, and Biological Resources department
Email	waterjpisecretariat@agencerecherche.fr
Phone	+33 1 73 54 82 63
Areas of expertise	PhD in Applied Environmental Sciences Peer-review and research outreach experience at PRACE aisbl (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe)
Role in Water JPI activities	Technical support to the Chair and Coordinator Secretariat of the ERA-NETs Cofund WaterWorks2015 and WaterWorks2017, and of the CSA IC4WATER “Supporting International Cooperation on Water” Partner in the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014 National Contact Point for the 2018 Joint Call