As a research and training institute, the Institute of Ocean Sciences (hereinafter the OCEAN Institute) aims to encourage interdisciplinary research among its partners and participating research laboratories by focusing on the following challenges (see details of the challenges in Annex 1) :
- CHALLENGE 1 - Improve knowledge and communication of current and past ecosystem dynamics, the impact of climate change, vulnerability, resilience to natural and anthropogenic pressures, predicted changes, services and mitigation.
- CHALLENGE 2 - Effective risk management and protection of coastal areas.
- CHALLENGE 3 - Contributing to the creation of a digital twin of our oceans through accessible and interoperable oceanographic data and observation systems.
- CHALLENGE 4 - Innovations in marine engineering for blue growth companies and governance based on a society in control of the oceans.
In order to fulfil these missions, the Ocean Sciences Institute (OCEAN) is publishing a call for interdisciplinary research projects.
Objectives of the "OCEAN 2024 Research Projects" call for projects
- Supporting a structuring effort across the whole site, by encouraging the promotion of interdisciplinarity;
- Select and fund high added-value, interdisciplinary, international research projects targeting the objectives and challenges defined by OCEAN (see Appendix 1);
- Encouraging scientific daring and the resolution of new questions through interdisciplinarity
Overall framework of the "OCEAN 2024 Research Projects" call for proposals
Target
- Call dedicated to research units within the OCEAN perimeter;
- Call dedicated to projects led by researchers and teacher-researchers within the OCEAN perimeter;
- Call dedicated to projects that fall within the thematic scope of OCEAN (see Annex 1 with objectives and challenges) with particular attention paid, for 2024, to projects linked to the objectives and workshop site of the Marseilles roadstead of the OHM Littoral Méditerranéen.
Budget
- Total budget for this AAP: €120 K
- Maximum budget financed by OCEAN per project: €60 K
- Duration of funding per project: 24 months maximum
Provisional timetable
- Back to complete file: 20 December 2023
- External and internal assessment of files : January/February 2024
- Selection of files : End of February 2024
- Validation by A*Midex and recruitment: from March to June 2024
- Provisional start date for the first projects between June and September 2024
Application form
Eligible expenses under this call for proposals are all expenses that can be financed by the Institute, in accordance with A*MIDEX regulations, over 24 months:
- personnel costs: OCEAN particularly encourages the recruitment of post-doctoral fellows for this type of project. For doctoral contracts, OCEAN will issue another call for proposals in early December 2023.
- operating expenditure: operating expenditure eligible for A*MIDEX funding relates solely to expenditure required to implement the scientific/training project, excluding any recurring expenditure by a research unit́ or component.
- capital expenditure: capital expenditure eligible for A*MIDEX funding only concerns expenditure on specific equipment linked to the project (necessary for the implementation of the scientific/training project and its innovative nature), excluding any recurrent or traditional expenditure by a research unit or component.
The full A*MIDEX financial regulations can be consulted online via ENT AMU
How to apply
Le application form must be duly completed and sent in duplicate (one in PDF format and one in Word format) to the Institute's project manager. Yoan Furtado with a copy to Sophie GambardellaDeputy Director of the Institute.
OCEAN selection criteria
- Meet the criteria of scientific excellence and, where appropriate, incorporate them into the scientific project of the person recruited;
- Meet the objectives and challenges of OCEAN (Appendix 1). For this call for proposals, particular attention will be paid to projects linked to the objectives and workshop site in the Marseilles harbour of theOHM Littoral Méditerranéen ;
- Actively participate in the development or structuring of interdisciplinary and international research activities within the Institute.