Overall framework of the "OCEAN 2025 Research Projects" call for projects

Objectives of the "OCEAN 2025 Research Projects" call for projects

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

Target

• Call dedicated to the OCEAN perimeter under AMU supervision or supported by AMU;
• 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 Research Committee for evaluation and selection of 2 projects.

Budget

• Overall budget for this AAP: €125K
• Maximum budget financed by OCEAN per project: 62.5K€.
• Duration of funding per project: 24 months maximum

Provisional timetable for the call

• Return of complete application :January 05, 2025
• External and internal evaluation of applications: January/February 2025
• Selection of projects: End of February 2025
• Validation by A*Midex and recruitment: March to June 2025
• Estimated start-up date for the first projects between June and November 2025

Application file

Eligible expenses under this call for proposals are all expenses that can be financed by the Institute, in accordance with the AMIDEX finance vademecum, over a 24-month period (missions and stays, season school, doctoral and post-doctoral contracts, small equipment, etc.). Please see below for special conditions for doctoral and post-doctoral contracts.

OCEAN particularly encourages the recruitment of PhD students for this type of project.

Note on doctoral and post-doctoral contracts

The procedure for recruiting temporary staff must follow A*Midex procedures.

• Doctoral contract: given the expected budget for these interdisciplinary projects and the tight schedule, the project sponsor should contact the Ocean Sciences Institute as soon as possible to determine precisely what actions need to be taken 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 may guarantee this duration through co-financing.

OCEAN selection criteria

• Scientific excellence and integration into the recruited person's scientific project, if applicable;
• Meet OCEAN's objectives and challenges (Appendix 1);
• Active participation in the development or structuring of interdisciplinary and Internationally-oriented research activities within the Institute.

Provisional call schedule

• Return of complete application: January 05, 2025
• External and internal evaluation of applications: January/February 2025
• Selection of applications: End of February/March 2025
• Validation by A*Midex and recruitment: May to June 2025
• Estimated start-up date for the first projects: between June and November 2025

Applications to this call for tenders should be sent by January 05, 2025 at the latest to :

• Héloïse Dezon OCEAN Project manager assistant (heloise.dezon@etu.univ-amu.fr)
• Sarah Thomas OCEAN Operations Manager (sarah.thomas@univ-amu.fr)
• Virginie Sanial OCEAN Deputy research director (virginie.sanial@univ-tln.fr)