Cross-disciplinary programs (CDP)

Cross-Disciplinary Programs (CDPs) are cutting-edge research projects that harness collective intelligence and bring together perspectives from multiple disciplines to advance science and innovation and provide solutions to the major challenges of the 21st century.
CDP funding positions the Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) as a major national and international player in several strategic fields, such as quantum engineering, artificial intelligence, computer security, and personalized medicine.

These projects, which are resolutely interdisciplinary, place a strong emphasis on the humanities, political science, and social sciences. Once again, the CDPs help position UGA as a leader in interdisciplinary areas such as the links between beauty and health, research-creation, heritage science, and environmental modeling.

CDP Projects

The New CDPs

Extended CDPs

  • ACME
    Air Quality and Climate at the Urban Level: An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Health, Mobility, Economic Issues, and Inequalities.
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  • CerCoG@UGA
    From Neurons to Collective Cognition: The Functioning and Dysfunction of the Brain and Human Cognition
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  • Circular
    Designing circular industrial systems for the Industry of the Future.
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  • Cosmethics
    At the intersection of beauty and health, from molecules to social practices.
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  • CyberAlps
    Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges by Bringing Technology and the Social Sciences Together
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  • Glyco@Alps2
    Glyco@Alps explores the fascinating structural diversity and complexity of carbohydrates, a class of molecules often referred to as the “dark matter” of biomolecules, compared to lipids, proteins, or nucleic acids...
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  • My Path to Health
    Optimizing Health Trajectories by Understanding and Incorporating the Impact of Lifestyle, Urban Architecture, and the Socioeconomic Environment
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  • Origin of Life
    The Origin of Life on Earth—and Beyond?
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  • OTE
    Open and Participatory Science in Support of the Energy Transition - Energy Transition Observatory (OTE)
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  • Patrimalp
    To develop and pass on to future generations an interdisciplinary science of heritage, in order to understand heritage objects in all their complexity using cross-disciplinary and innovative research methods without...
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  • Performance Lab
    Capturing the Subtle
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  • Risk Institute
    Managing Risk for a More Resilient World
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  • TiQua
    Quantum science in all its forms: science, society, innovation, ethics, and sustainability.
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Published on December 11, 2025
Updated on September 7, 2026