Support for research: I-SITE 2023 program of excellence
As part of the I-SITE Excellence Program, the University is implementing its research support program for 2023.
This program is open to all research structures under the supervision of establishments in the strategic agreement (BRGM - CEA - CIHEAM-IAM - CHU-Montpellier - CHU-Nîmes - CIRAD - CNRS - ENSCM - ICM - IFREMER - INRAE - INRIA - INSERM - Institut Agro Montpellier - IRD - Université de Montpellier) attached to the University of Montpellier's divisions.
It aims to support 4 types of action:
- Acquisition of research equipment with a view to pooling resources
- Preparing a project for submission to the ERC
- Support for the prematuration of technologies or know-how with a view to innovation
- Emerging avenues of exploratory research
This call is divided into 4 parts:
Calendar :
| STEPS | DATES |
| Application deadline | 05/22/2023 at 4pm |
| Deadline for returning evaluations | 25/06/2023 |
| COMIS final decision | 19/09/2023 |
| Results announcement | 20/09/2023 |
How to submit :
Projects originating from each research structure are submitted exclusively by the structure managers.
Applications must be submitted in PDF format according to the attached template: (link to Word documents for each AAP )
- Scientific equipment
- ERC springboard
- Innovation gas pedal
- Exploratory project
Amount available :
| Type of action | Potential overall amount | Maximum amount of aid per project |
| Equipment | 800 k€ | 200 k€ |
| ERC springboard | 800 k€ | 100 k€ |
| Innovation Accelerator | 500 k€ | 80 k€ |
| Exploratory | 400 k€ | 15 k€ |
| Total | 2 500 k€ |
Number of projects per research structure :
Facility managers are asked to moderate the number of applications submitted according to the following scale:
Maximum number of files per research structure :
- Equipment: 1 quotation, with up to 2 pieces of equipment in order of priority
- ERC, Innovation or Exploratory: the total number of dossiers submitted by a unit for all 3 components depends on its size.
| Number of titular EC and C | < 30 | 30 ≤ N < 60 | 60 ≤ N < 100 | 100 ≤ N |
| Total number of files (excluding equipment) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Target audience:
Tenured professors and researchers.
This program is open to all research structures under the supervision of institutions in the strategic agreement attached to the Université de Montpellier clusters.