The Institute of Ocean Sciences (OCEAN) publishes calls for tenders to help Master 2 students carry out their research projects within the Institute's units. As a research and training institute, OCEAN supports Masters students in their research work. The 2021 call for proposals is open until 30/10/2021.
The Institute of Ocean Sciences (OCEAN) aims to encourage interdisciplinary research among its partners and participating research laboratories by focusing on the following challenges (see also Annex 1).
CHALLENGE 1. Present and past dynamics of the ecosystems, impact of climate change, vulnerability, resilience to natural and anthropogenic pressures, forecast changes, services and mitigation
CHALLENGE 2. Hazards and protection of coastal areas on the world Ocean
CHALLENGE 3: Observing systems and Data for Ocean sciences
CHALLENGE 4: Marine engineering, Innovative businesses, governance based on observation and pollution prevent
The deliverables of this action consist of :
- 1 scientific poster of the research project and preliminary results
- A 3-minute (video) or live presentation of the research results by the trainee or researcher at an OCEAN event in June or July.
- Acknowledgement of the financial support of AMIDEX and OCEAN in any potential publication to which this work may contribute.
Eligibility requirements : - Carry out the internship in a laboratory that is a member of the Ocean Institute (M I O, IMBE, CEREGE, LCE, LIS, IRPHE, LMA, CPPM, TELEMME, ESPACE, DICE, CERIC, CDE, IFREMER La Seyne/Mer, IRSN Cadarache, École centrale Marseille) or a company. - Propose a research topic on the Institute's interdisciplinary themes/challenges - Apply for funding for a maximum of 6 months.
Documents to enclose : - Invitation to tender form (see attachment) - CV - Student's academic results
How do I apply?
Researchers are asked to complete the simple form in Annex 2 and return it, together with the documents to be attached, before 30 October to the OCEAN project leader, Dr. Kalliopi Pediaditi. kalliopi.pediaditi@univ-amu.fr .
Project selection process and criteria
All applications will be examined by the Institut OCEAN Research Committee and ranked according to the following criteria.
1. Excellence in research
2. Cum Laude student and motivation for the project
3. Relevance of the topic to one of OCEAN's challenges
4. Evidence of interdisciplinarity (e.g. collaboration between laboratories, mix of approaches/disciplines).
5. Links with international or local academic players in the field of blue growth
The results will be published in mid-November and students will be able to start in January, once they have signed their agreement.
Annex 1. Interdisciplinary challenges OCEAN CHALLENGE 1. Present and past dynamics of the ecosystems, impact of climate change, vulnerability, resilience to natural and anthropogenic pressures, forecast changes, services and mitigation: 1.1. Understanding the dynamics of the Ocean and ecosystems' functioning 1.2. Understanding pollution and climate impacts 1.3 Understanding Ocean-Atmosphere interactions 1.4. Forecasting the relationship between the ocean dynamics, biodiversity and ecosystems' functioning and services 1.5 Adapting to climate change and definition of mitigation measures 1.6 Long term (past, present and future) accurate evaluation of resources and ecosystems
1.7 Long term overexploitation of the marine ecosystems
CHALLENGE 2. Hazards and protection of coastal areas on the world Ocean:
2.1 Reducing the threat on coastal ecosystems and the negative effects on human-related activities
2.2 Evaluating and reducing the coastal risks of pollution
2.3 Forecasting coastal erosion and submersion
2.4. Organizing Port and maritime traffic in a sustainable way
CHALLENGE 3: Observing systems and Data for Ocean sciences:
3.1 Robotics and observing system of systems
3.2. Tailor-made sensors and platforms to observe the ocean and its biodiversity
3.3. Security and safety system
3.4. Model of Ocean dynamics
3.5. Supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning for oceanic data structuration and marine species image analysis
3.6. Forecasting oceanic variables
3.7. Big data Passive Acoustics for long term and large-scale ocean monitoring
3.8. Trajectography, tracking and automatic monitoring systems
CHALLENGE 4: Marine engineering, Innovative businesses, governance based on observation and pollution prevent :
4.1. Promote the engineering of maritime transport and offshore structure as well as those related to Marine Renewable Energies (MRE). Hydrodynamics and flows, wave studies, optimization of energy performance, materials, durability of offshore structures, offshore wind
4.2 Promote public-private partnership to overcome some obstacles of new activities including new sensors for pollutants, bioremediation measures, as well as new processes (for plastics and emerging contaminants) retention in wastewater treatment plan, satellite data service.
4.3 Establish strategies to encourage and facilitate cluster development in the Ocean, in Pollution, green material development, data science, through federation of Research/Industry.
4.4. Provide scenarios of environmental changes, investigating the impact of ecological changes to people, of alternative socio economics development pathways and blue growth