Framework of the AAP - OCEAN 2021 Research Projects

Objectives

• Support a site-wide structuring effort, encouraging the promotion of interdisciplinarity;
• Select and fund high value-added, interdisciplinary and Internationally-oriented research projects, targeting the objectives and challenges defined by OCEAN;
• Encourage scientific daring and the resolution of new issues through interdisciplinarity.
   

Process

Target

• Call dedicated to the OCEAN perimeter;
• Projects led by OCEAN researchers and teacher-researchers;
• OCEAN encourages the emergence of projects within its thematic perimeter (see Appendix 1 with objectives and challenges) and will pre-select a maximum of 6 applications, submitted to the Institute's Board for evaluation and selection of 2 to 3 projects.
   

Budget

• Overall budget for this AAP: €140K
• Maximum budget financed by OCEAN per project: 60K
• Duration of funding per project: 26 months maximum
   

Provisional call schedule

• AAP Research Projects OCEAN 2021 - consultation with the Research Committee on November 10, 2021
• Webinar to present the call for projects open to all researchers: November 29, 2021
• Return to AMI Research Projects OCEAN 2021: December 9, 2021
• Pre-selection phase 1 - Research Committee before December 24, 2021
• Return of complete application: January 31, 2022
• External evaluation of applications
• File selection: February 2022
• Validation by A*Midex and recruitment: March to June 2022
• Estimated start-up date for first projects: June to September 2022

Call for expressions of interest (AMI)

The first step is to propose a preliminary version of the project before December 9, 2021. The AMI file will then include the information inserted in the following form: https: //forms.gle/JbB9kNqrYBLjQbfa6
You can fill in the electronic form and send your response with your CV and list of publications in a single pdf signed by the Unit Director (DU) to Kalliopi Pediaditi and Richard Sempéré with the following email subject "AMI AAP-Projets Research OCEAN" by December 9, 2021 12:00, copying your DU.

Final dossier

The final dossier will be posted online in mid-December 2021.

Project eligibility

Any project meeting the criteria of the "AAP Projets Research OCEAN 2021" call for proposals, whose scientific objectives are within the scope of OCEAN.

Eligible expenses

Eligible expenses under this call for proposals concern all expenses that can be financed by the Institute, in accordance with the A*Midex finance vademecum, over a 26-month period (missions and stays, season school, doctoral and post-doctoral contracts, small equipment, etc.).

Please see below for specific conditions for doctoral and post-doctoral contracts.

OCEAN encourages post-doctoral proposals. Those interested in a PhD are invited to consult the OCEAN-PhD AAP published in December.
 

Note on doctoral and post-doctoral contracts

Recruitment of temporary staff will follow A*Midex procedures.

• Doctoral contract: given the expected budget for these interdisciplinary projects and the tight timetable, the project sponsor should contact the Institut des Sciences de l'Océan as soon as possible to determine precisely the actions to be taken and to ensure that the best candidate is recruited. A feasibility study on the use of funding granted for a doctoral contract is currently underway, and we advise project leaders wishing to set up a doctoral contract to contact OCEAN before submitting their application.
• Post-doctoral contracts: In order to guarantee satisfactory conditions for young researchers selected for post-doctoral contracts, we recommend a minimum duration of 18 months for this type of contract. The project can guarantee this duration through co-financing.
   

OCEAN selection criteria

• Scientific excellence and integration into a scientific project in the case of recruitment
• Corresponding to OCEAN objectives and challenges(Appendix 1)
• Development or structuring of interdisciplinary and Internationally-oriented research activities within the institute.