Published on July 7, 2026 – Updated on July 7, 2026

CIR3 2025 Call for Projects: Four Research Projects Selected at UCA

The CIR3 Governance Committee selected the winning projects of its 2025 call for projects on January 23, 2026.
 

Following evaluations carried out by an external expert and a member of the Governance Committee, as well as discussions among committee members, four projects were selected. They highlight the diversity of research topics addressed and the excellence of the research conducted within the partner institutions of Université Clermont Auvergne.
 

In total, CIR3 will allocate €206,000 in funding to support these four research projects.
 

CIR3 warmly congratulates the successful teams for the quality of their proposals.
 

It also wishes to acknowledge all project leaders who submitted applications: the quality and number of proposals demonstrate the dynamism of research at UCA and made the selection process particularly challenging (a success rate of 16% among the 25 submitted projects).
 

Selected Projects

 

The BODOX project, entitled “Bodipy-quinonimine probes for the detection of oxidoreductive enzymes in HPTLC”, is led by Clément Michelin within ICCF and receives €56,000 in funding.
 

The AMYCCOE project, entitled “Study of the metabolic state of adipose tissue during cancer-associated cachexia and chemotherapy on adipose tissue–skeletal muscle dialogue”, is led by Johan Gagnière at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital (CHU) and is funded with €56,000.
 

The LYSOMP3 project, entitled “Lysolipids targeting acid-sensing ion channel 3 in musculoskeletal pain pathophysiology”, is led by Fabien Marchand within the Neuro-Dol unit and receives a budget of €123,000.
 

The EXMUS project, entitled “Extracellular Modulators of MUScle specification and regeneration”, is led by Charlène Guillot within iGReD and receives €130,000 in funding.