Research and innovation support mechanisms

The Research Commission of the Academic Council of Avignon University has decided, within the framework of the 2018-2022 establishment contract, to launch a call for recurrent research projects supporting scientific activity.

This call for projects is intended to support preliminary research likely to contribute to the emergence of structuring, scientifically ambitious projects with a high potential for international influence. It also aims to strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations within the institution and/or international collaborations.

These projects should help research teams to prepare responses to major national, European or international calls for projects.

Each project must fall into one of the following categories, which may or may not correspond to the institution's priority themes:

• Agro&Sciences
• Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies (CPSN)
• All themes - outside the institution's priority areas

For the Agro&Sciences and NHPC categories, obtaining Tersys or Agorantic funding for the same project is not an obstacle to obtaining Research Commission funding as long as the latter does not cover the same activities.

• Download the framework document
• Download the project submission form

Deadline for the 2024 call for projects: 17/01/2024
Contact: aap-recherche@univ-avignon.fr

In order to contribute to the scientific and technological influence of the research structures it recognises, the institution supports the organisation of scientific conferences and events.

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• Download the project submission form

Deadline for the 2024 call for projects: 14 May 2024
Contact: aap-recherche@univ-avignon.fr

Research mobilises infrastructures and instruments which may require heavy investments, and which must meet the strategic objectives of Avignon University (AU). These investments can be multiannual and should be included in the multiannual research investment programme of the institution. This call for projects invites the research units under the supervision of AU to formulate their investment needs and to contextualise them with regard to :

• The unit's scientific project,
• The institution's scientific project,
• The capacity of the unit to host these instruments (technical and human environment)
• Resources to be mobilised to ensure a good return on investment
• The potential for mutualisation with other research units of the institution if relevant

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• Download the form

Applications will be processed by the Research Committee of the Academic Council on a rolling basis, at its monthly meetings.

The medium- and long-term research programmes developed in research laboratories may be implemented through a series of collaborative projects of varying nature and duration. The diversity of these projects, their funding methods and their timetables limit the ability of scientific leaders to structure and plan all the research activities linked to the programme.

Avignon University wishes to offer the institution's teacher-researchers a framework that allows them to group together a set of projects in a multi-year research operation, built around a coherent scientific programme that can be fed by several contractualised collaborations.

• Download the framework document

Applications will be processed by the Research Committee of the Academic Council on a rolling basis, at its monthly meetings.