FonCSI's 2010 Call for Proposals

L'appel à propositions en français

The Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture (FonCSI) is a french research foundation created in April 2005. Its objectives are to:

• support research activities that contribute to the improvement of safety in hazardous organisations (in all high-risk industrial sectors and from SMEs to large companies);
• work towards a better mutual understanding between high-risk industries and civil society, aiming for a durable compromise and an open debate that covers all the dimensions of risk;
• foster the acculturation of all stakeholders and civil society to the questions and problems related to risk and safety.

In order to attain these objectives, FonCSI brings together researchers from different disciplines and various stakeholders concerned by industrial safety: high-risk companies, local government authorities, trade unions, non-governmental organisations and associations. FonCSI sponsors interdisciplinary research and promotes interaction between researchers and practitionners from engineering, the physical sciences and social sciences.

In December 2010, the FonCSI published a Call for research proposals concerning Technological risk and societal concerns. Dynamics of the negociation, arbitration and compromise processes. We invite you to consult:

• the research themes concerned by this call;
• the project submission and selection process (including response forms);
• the calendar of the call;
• the FonCSI's research funding modalities;
• contact information for any inquiries.