Three European COFUND projects funded for the Aix-Marseille community
The results of the MSCA COFUND 2025 call for projects have just been announced. With a total budget of €104.4M, this call for projects will support 31 new doctoral and postdoctoral programs.
France is the leading beneficiary of this call for projects, both in terms of the number of coordinations and participations, and in terms of the share of funding received. Of the nine French winners, eight are universities. The big winner of this call for projects is the University of Aix-Marseille, which will coordinate three new COFUND programs, co-financed by the Amidex Foundation.
These three successes, led by teams of excellence from the Instituts d'Etablissement, will reinforce the international attractiveness of Aix-Marseille and offer new dynamics in training through research. Congratulations to the winners, their teams and the site's research institutes!
IMACS - Accessible Imaging: shaping the future of imagingCoordinators
: Monique Bernard, Cécile Lavoute and Marc DuboisInstitut
d'Établissement: Marseille
ImagingRecruitments: 17 Post-DocsThe
IMACS project aims to open up new perspectives in biomedical imaging by making advanced imaging technologies more accessible and more integrated into research paths. It draws on Marseille Imaging's recognized expertise to train a new generation of researchers capable of fully exploiting these innovations.
EC funding: 2,876,400 eurosCo-financing
Fondation Amidex: 2,147,076
eurosAssociate
partner
and co-financier: University of Tübingen, alliance CIVIS
Microbio-SEED - Diversity, Emergence and Ecosystems, Synthetic Biology of MicrobesCoordinator
:
Éric Cascales
Institut d'Établissement: IM2BRHiring
: 10 Post-DocsThis
project focuses on microbial dynamics, the emergence of new biological functions and synthetic engineering applied to microbial ecosystems. Microbio-SEED will structure a training program of excellence dedicated to microbial sciences and synthetic biology, a rapidly expanding sector on an international scale.
EC funding: €1,692,000Co-financing
Fondation Amidex: €1,199,400
Brain-MUSE - MultiScale Exploration of the BrainCoordinators
: Anna Montanini and Wafaa Zaaraoui
Institut d'Établissement :
NeuroMarseilleRecruitments : 14 PhDBrain-MUSE
aims to train researchers capable of deciphering the functioning of the brain at different scales, from neural circuits to behavior. Drawing on NeuroMarseille's multidisciplinary expertise, the project will develop an integrated approach that is essential to meeting the contemporary challenges of neuroscience.
EC funding: €1,663,
200Fondation Amidex
funding
: €1,195,200
With these three funded projects, Aix-Marseille confirms its position as a major center of excellence for doctoral training in Europe, and reinforces its commitment to supporting the scientific talent of tomorrow.
