PUF

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The Fund

PUF was established in May 2007 under the auspices of the FACE Foundation, NYC. Thanks to the generosity of private donors and contributions from the French government, PUF launched its first call for projects in September 2007 with the objective of supporting innovative and sustainable partnerships between French and US institutions of research and higher education. With close to 70 applications representing more than 130 French and American universities and research institutes, the results of the first call for project confirmed both the readiness of institutions across the Atlantic to build a new generation of partnerships, and the fitting of PUF as an innovative means for that purpose.

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In The News

THE PARTNER UNIVERSITY FUND AND THOMSON REUTERS ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THOMSON REUTERS SPONSORED CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS ON CYBER-SECURITY IN 2012

Administered by the Partner University Fund (PUF), this initiative includes the selection of one partnership in the field of Cyber-Security. This special call for projects follows the regular application forms and guidelines.

PUF promotes innovative collaborations of excellence in research and education between French and American institutions of higher education. The modalities of transatlantic collaboration range from joint research and publications to the development of shared curricula and the establishment of joint and dual degrees. They include various forms of mobility for students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and researchers.

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Maurice Benayoun, PUF laureate 2009 with “the art collider” presents his work at the Big Screen Plaza in New York City

French New Media Artist Maurice Benayoun Forecasts World’s Emotions at Streaming Museum’s 4th Anniversary.

The Streaming Museum, an international public art and online museum, will celebrate its fourth anniversary on January 31 with the US premiere of “Emotion Forecast” and “Occupy Wall Screens,” real-time artworks by the renowned French artist Maurice Benayoun.

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Grantees

Grantees 2011 – 2014

The members of the PUF Grant Review Committee met on Tuesday April 5th, 2011 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm under the co-presidency of Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Dr. Christophe Laux, Professor of Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP), in order to choose the laureates of the fourth PUF Call for projects.
89 grant applications were examined. 12 laureates were selected, and subsequently approved by the steering committee of PUF and the board of FACE. 2 projects have also been added to a waiting list.

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Grantees 2010 – 2013

The members of the PUF Grant Review Committee met on March 29th 2010, under the co-presidency of Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Dr. Christophe Laux, Professor of Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP), in order to choose the laureates of the third PUF Call for projects.

78 grant applications were examined.
11 laureates were selected, and subsequently approved by the steering committee of PUF and the board of FACE.

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Storytelling

Interview with Denis Peschanski

Interview Denis Peschanski, Projet 2008 Memory and Memorialization

Notre projet PUF a pour titre Memory and Memorialization. Il repose sur deux périodes-évènements de référence que sont la seconde guerre mondiale et le 11 septembre 2001, avec une particularité triple :
- D’être un projet franco-américain
- D’être un projet trans-professionnel, puisqu’on a là la fois les professionnels des musées et scientifiques des champs concernés
- D’être transdisciplinaires, puisque pour traiter de ce sujet de mémoire et mémorialisation, on a à la fois les sciences humaines et sociales, les sciences du vivant et les sciences de l’ingénierie. Nous travaillons avec des historiens, des philosophes, des juristes, des anthropologues, des neuroscientifiques, des psychiatres, et des ingénieurs qui nous permettent de faire des expérimentations pour l’étude des visiteurs de musées.

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Jeffrey Zink, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA

We had the chance to meet Jeffrey Zink, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA. Together with Jean-Olivier Durand, Professor at the Université Montpellier 2, they are PUF laureate 2009 with their project “One and two-photon Nanovalves”.

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