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Based on a shared operating model involving 4 partner institutions (AMU and its subsidiary Protisvalor, CNRS, Inserm, IRD), the Mission Europe pour la Recherche (MER) aims to improve and strengthen support for the site's research units in obtaining European subsidies for their research and innovation projects.

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Ampli-sCISsoRS

Sandro HEUKE

Coherent Raman imaging can provide rapid, label-free virtual histology, but its clinical translation is constrained by detection geometry. Standard st...
Pilier 1 "Excellence" - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche (ERC)

SMART-OCEAN

Sohpie BONNET

Plankton drives the ocean’s biological carbon pump, regulating climate and sustaining marine ecosystems. Yet its dynamics remain largely unobserved be...
Pilier 1 "Excellence" - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche (ERC)

SPEEDY-Clinic

Benjamin MORILLON

This Proof of Concept (PoC) translates key results from the ERC‑COG SPEEDY project into a bedside workflow for presurgical language mapping in drug‑re...
Pilier 1 "Excellence" - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche (ERC)

BoreaLSoiL

Mathieu SANTONJA

Boreal forests and agricultural soils face growing pressure from organic soil overexploitation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and land-use confli...
Pilier 2 "Recherche collaborative" - Missions européennes
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founding Establishments

126 

Research Units

135.9 M€ 

Grants obtained

Horizon Europe

198

Winning projects

23

Collaborators

News

  • The Aix-Marseille site has three new ERC POCs
    July 1, 2027
    Appels à projets

    The Aix-Marseille site has three new ERC POCs

    The Aix-Marseille site has three new ERC POCs! The European Research Council (ERC) has published the results of the “ERC Proof of Concept Grant” call for proposals for 2026. Among the recipients are three researchers from our campus.
    July 1, 2027
  • Three New ERC Advanced Grant Recipients at the Aix-Marseille Campus
    June 24, 2026
    Call for projects

    Three New ERC Advanced Grant Recipients at the Aix-Marseille Campus

    A professor and two researchers from the Aix-Marseille campus have been awarded an “ERC Advanced” grant supported by the European Research Council (ERC). These projects—which receive an average of €3.5 million in funding over five years—are among the […]
    June 24, 2026
  • End of phase 1 of ANR's BOOSTER project
    May 27, 2026
    MER

    End of phase 1 of ANR's BOOSTER project

    On May 27, 2026, the ASDESR France2030 project, coordinated by Damien Vogel, was presented to the ANR (French National Research Agency) at the end of phase 1. This was an opportunity to take stock at 3 years of the Mission Europe pour la Recherche, p […]
    May 27, 2026
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