The call for joint projects, scientific events and mobility fellowships was launched in December 2012. The deadline was 31st January 2013. OT-Med received 22 proposals: 10 joint projects, 8 scientific events projects and 4 mobility fellowships proposals. All of them were eligible. The total of 305316 € was requested (joint projects: 211583 €, scientific events 56833 €, mobility fellowships 36900 €).
The following applications were selected and will be (co)financed by OT-Med (186450 € was attributed: 149050 € for 2013 and 37400 € for 2014):
MOBILITY FELLOWSHIPS
Dr Amara Masrouhi (MCF, Université de Gabès, Tunisia) invited by O. Bellier (CEREGE); project: « Effects of pre-existing salt structures on inversion tectonics in fold-thrust belt, analogue models and field examples from Northeastern Maghreb salt province and Southeast France. » (2200 €)
Pr. Ari Matmon (Associate Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) invited by D. Bourlès (CEREGE) ; project: « Understanding and quantifying the effect of natural conditions as well as human disturbance on sediment generation, sediment transport, and soil loss from the slopes of the Mediterranean Basin » (9300 €)
Pr. Meng Zhou (University of Massachusetts Boston) invited by F. Carlotti (MIO); continuation of the project : « Excellence For Observation–model Coupling and Ecological Assessment in the Sea (FOCEA) » (19400 €)
Dr. Prof. Andrey N. Ostrovsky (Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Austria) invited by A. Ereskovsky (IMBE); project: « Phenology and life history of benthic Mediterranean invertebrates: viviparous bryozoans as a model » (6000 €)
SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
Mermex workshop, June 2013 in Zagreb; R. Sempere (MIO), O. Radakovitch (CEREGE) (8000 €)
Summer School on Restoration Ecology (Mediterranean ecosystem restoration), 13-17 May 2013 in PACA; E. Buisson (IMBE) (8000 €)
International Conference on Forest Fire Risk "Anthropogenic Vulnerabilities of Rural-Urban Interfaces (RUI) to Forest Fire", 2- 4 October 2013, Aix en Provence; E. Maillé (IRSTEA) (5000 €)
7th HyMex Workshop "Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean eXperiment", 7-10 October 2013 in Cassis; I. Taupier-Letage (MIO) (8000 €)
Symposium "Paleoclimate and past earthquakes in the Mediterranean during the Holocene", between June and July 2014, L. Benedetti (CEREGE) (6000 €)
International Conference on Sustainability Science "Mediterranean challenges towards sustainability" 16, 17 Septembre 2013 in Marseille and Aix en Provence; M. Domeizel (AMU) (2000 €)
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
Circulations of Norms and Actor Networks in Global Environmental Governance"; S. Maljean-Dubois (CERIC), S. Thoron (GREQAM) (10000 €)
Revealing the source of carbon occluded in phytoliths (phytC): potential implication concerning the role of plant Si cycling on carbon cycling; A. Alexandre (CEREGE) (22800 €)
Human Factors of Vulnerability to Forest Fires in Mediterranean -Wildland Urban Interfaces: An interdisciplinary approach; E. Maille (IRSTEA) (5000 €)*
Slip Age and Frequency of past strong Earthquake in the Aegean Region; L. Benedetti (CEREGE) (6750 €)
Origin and congruence of taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and paleoecological diversity patterns; A. Leriche (IMBE) (24000€)*
Contribution of phenology to study the impact of climate change in coastal marine environment: the octocorals as models species; A. Ereskovsky (IMBE) (12000 €)
MED Surface Hydrology during abrupt climatic events (Medhy); G. Menot (CEREGE) (12000 €)
Impact of anthropogenic particles on coastal zones in PACA area; E. Pulido (MIO), R. Sempéré (MIO), O. Radakovitch (CEREGE) (10000 €)*
Liquefaction risk assessment of embankment dikes in lower Rhône valley; C. Carvajal (IRSTEA) (10000 €)*
*suspensive clause