Part 2 — Towards Agile and Enabling Research shortlist of candidates. A second call for proposals could, where applicable, be envisaged where the quality of long applications from the first round is deemed inadequate overall by the jury. In all cases, each institute must be allowed considerable scope for independent vision, organization and governance, in order to enable original solutions to be developed that are tailored to distinctive local features and specific expertise. Several general conditions will be defined to ensure a coherent whole; the requirement for extensive freedom may allow for the fact that these conditions are not all met by a given institute at the same time. - The project must be fronted by one or more existing research or higher education institutions, to avoid overcrowding the French research scene. Given the strong commitments to be made in terms of education, it seems to make sense that at least one educational institution (university or school) forms part of the project leadership, willing to provide means if possible (such as premises for the institute to operate without incurring real estate expenses)—even if the principle of independence already mentioned must also apply here. In return, it could be possible for some of its Fellows to be recruited on a permanent basis after a productive work period (at least 5 years). But this could also be a research institute, which may be more inclined to provide support staff for example. - The project must include a site occupancy plan, preferably in existing premises made available by one of the project leaders. Provision will nevertheless have to be made for an additional budget, for redesigning or even building new premises—when duly justified. - The project must be fundamentally interdisciplinary. - The project must play a significant part in enhancing AI education. In particular, all of the researchers who may be associated with the 3IA institute must commit to teaching at least one class a year. The creation of new streams, especially interdisciplinary streams that lead to joint honors, on a project basis (see inset) must be strongly encouraged, and form part of the jury's selection criteria. - The project must include an industrial affiliate programme, and the commitment of a certain number of local industrial stakeholders concerning their participation, supported by framework agreements bearing on the sharing of intellectual property. Funding Significant basic funding must be provided by the public authority when the 3IA institutes are set up. This must enable the institute to operate at a minimum level, with day-to-day running costs covered: the usual overheads; financing for research support staff (assistants for systems engineers and research engineers); and financing for a few research projects (chairs, interdisciplinary projects, guest speakers, etc.)— and, where applicable, as mentioned above, justified real-estate funding. Over and above the call for projects approach, private funding will also be called on, but on an equal public-private basis, with the State supplementing any private funding. It should be possible for industrial affiliates to get involved at several levels (see above), so that they can benefit from expertise dedicated to their requirements. 73