180469 > TECHNICAL BOOST

Technical Boost in Neuroscience 2024

“TB GRANT”

Call Presentation

NeuroMarseille institute wishes to promote scientific exchanges and encourage the emergence of collaborative projects within Marseille’s neuroscience community. The institute constitutes a component of Aix-Marseille University (AMU) supported by AMIDEX funding. The use of funding is therefore governed by AMIDEX financial rules and subject to evaluation.

In this context, NeuroMarseille institute opens this call titled Collaborative “Technical Boost” Grant in Neuroscience, in order to promote collaboration between a researcher (or post-doc or PhD student) and an engineer responsible for a technical platform.

Each project will be granted up to 10 k€ over a period of 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants:

Personnel belonging to research units (UMR) affiliated to NeuroMarseille can answer this call, including researchers (CR, MCU, DR, Pr, PU), engineers (AI, IE, IR), as well as Post-docs and PhD students. The two partners (the applicant and the technical platform) must belong to two different laboratories.

Research program: 

the research program can be new or the continuation of an ongoing project, in need of an innovative technical experiment in order to provide new insight. The evaluated criteria will be: the program feasibility (available equipment, new equipment if needed, personnel involved, etc…), as well as the scientific quality and the innovative nature of the project.

Eligible expenses: 

A detailed budget must be attached to the project proposal. Eligible expenses include: operating costs and equipment for the platform needed in the context of the project.

Only one application to this grant per team

First use of the platform by the applicant

2023 Grantees are not allowed to candidate for this 2024 call

Application modalities

Submission:

The project submission deadline is November 12, 2023 at 23:59. Applicants must use the Application Form provided below

Evaluation:

The Scientific Committee, composed of NeuroMarseille’s neuroscientists, will evaluate and select the projects. The evaluations will be sent by e-mail to the applicant by the end of December 2023

Terms of engagement:

It is mandatory to mention the support of NeuroMarseille in all scientific publications and communications in relation with the project:

 This work has received support from the NeuroMarseille Insitute thanks to French government under the Programme "Investissements d'Avenir", Initiative d'Excellence d'Aix-Marseille Université via A*Midex funding (AMX-19-IET-004), and ANR (ANR-17-EURE-0029).

The grantees involved in the project will have to provide a scientific report by the end of the financial period and could have to present their findings (even if the project is not finished) during events organized by NeuroMarseille.

In addition, they can be asked to be part of the next Scientific Committee.

Download Application Form:

Submit your proposal:

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