Associate Teams are an essential element of the institute’s international policy. This program is one of Inria’s main tool for supporting bilateral scientific collaborations and promoting and strengthening its strategic partnerships abroad.
Apply until October 16th, 2025: https://www.inria.fr/en/call-for-projects-international-partnerships-associate-teams-2026
In 2025, there are 7 ongoing Associate Teams as part of the Inria London Programme:
| Acronym | Long Name | Inria Center | Inria Research Team | Inria PI | UK Partner | Partner PI |
| DAME | Distributed Algorithms and Markov Chains with Evolving Data | Centre Inria de l’Université de Rennes | WIDE | Georgios Giakkoupis | University of Cambridge | Thomas Sauerwald |
| DIAFLOP | Data Integration and Assimilation for FLOw Problems | Centre Inria de Paris | COMMEDIA | Miguel Angel Fernandez Varela | University College London | Erik Burman |
| ELECTRON | Evolutionary LEarning and Compressed TRaining Of Neural networks | Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur | COATI | Emanuele Natale | King’s College London | Frederik Mallmann-Trenn |
| EXPLAINER | EXPLaining textual Argument Implicitness with Neuro-symbolic Extraction and Reasoning methods | Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur | MARIANNE | Victor David | University College London | Anthony Hunter |
| HYPATIE | Numerical Methods for the Design and Monitoring of Vibrations in Nonlinear Structures in the presence of Uncertainty | Centre Inria de Saclay | PLATON | Enora Denimal Goy | Imperial College London | Ludovic Renson |
| LEG-AI | Learning and Generative AI methods for Control of Legged Robots | Centre Inria de l’Université de Lorraine | LARSEN | Serena Ivaldi | University College London | Valerio Modugno |
| MUSCULAR | Forward modelling and inverse problems in muscle electrophysiology | Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur | ATHENA | Samuel Deslauriers-Gauthier | Imperial College London | Dario Farina |