Status:Closed

Opening date: 16 September 2024

Closing date: 21 October 2024

Interdisciplinary action

In 2025, the institute will fund several "interdisciplinary actions" worth between €1,000 and €2,000. This scheme will support clearly identified, time-bound scientific actions carried out in the field, in the laboratory or in archives. It will aim to encourage synergies and promote the skills and equipment of teams within the institute.

Actions will be collaborative and involve the participation of at least two laboratories belonging to the institute. Only permanent, active staff are eligible.

Examples of eligible actions

Sampling and analysis, field surveys, prospecting, laboratory experimentation, digitization or analysis of archival documents using new processes. Archaeological excavation is not eligible as such, but the action can take place during an excavation operation.

Evaluation criteria

  • Experimental and inventive nature of the project, as part of a broader research program in line with the Institute's scientific priorities;
  • Use and development of the skills and equipment of the Institute's member laboratories;
  • Articulation with training: participation of student trainees from Aix-Marseille Université or from partner institutions (primarily from the CIVIS consortium or Mediterranean universities), linking the project to a teaching unit... ;
  • Co-financing (laboratories' own resources, external funding).

Eligible expenses

  • Only the following operating expenses are eligible: mission expenses for team members, internship bonuses, consumables and small equipment (< €800 excl. VAT, except audiovisual equipment, for which the threshold is set at €400 excl. VAT);
  • Ineligible expenses include services, translation and publishing costs, expenses related to the organization of scientific or public events, computer hardware, and all capital expenditure and payroll costs.
     

Calendar

  • Application deadline : 21/10/2024
  • Announcement of results : December 2024
  • Project development : January to December 2025

Application

Application form to be sent to arkaia-contact[at]univ-amu.fr

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Awardees

  • Awardee

    2025
    Interdisciplinary action

    APALAC - Alpine archaeology and paleoecology of Champsaur

    Project leader(s)
    Florence Mocci / Brigitte Talon / Robin Veyron
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / IMBE
    Interdisciplinary action

    APALAC - Alpine archaeology and paleoecology of Champsaur

    Project leader(s)
    Florence Mocci / Brigitte Talon / Robin Veyron
    Laboratory(s)
    CCJ / IMBE

    The aim of this project is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the impact of man on mountain environments, around the Jujal wetland and Lac Profond in the commune of Orcières, in the Ecrins massif (alt. 2100-2400 m, Hautes-Alpes). The aim is to exploit paleoecological and archaeological data never before available in the Haut Champsaur. Paleoecological data (palynology, geomorphology, paleoentomology and pedoanthracology) will be correlated with the contribution of archaeological sites identified during a high-altitude pedestrian survey. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the impact of human activities on mountain ecosystems, and to propose an interdisciplinary approach on the scale of the European Alps.

    See the associated call for project

  • Awardee

    2025
    Interdisciplinary action

    Sénanque - Archaeological, geological and artistic study of a Cistercian cloister in Romanesque Provence (12th c.)

    Project leader(s)
    Andreas Hartmann-Virnich / François Fournier
    Laboratory(s)
    LA3M / CEREGE
    Interdisciplinary action

    Sénanque - Archaeological, geological and artistic study of a Cistercian cloister in Romanesque Provence (12th c.)

    Project leader(s)
    Andreas Hartmann-Virnich / François Fournier
    Laboratory(s)
    LA3M / CEREGE

    This project follows on from a program of partial archaeological survey and study of the Cistercian Abbey of Sénanque, carried out in 2023-2021 as part of restoration work. This work, which had highlighted the potential of an archaeological analysis of the building based on a stone-by-stone survey combining both manual and digital approaches, had enabled us to characterize in detail the organization of the building site, from stone-cutting to implementation, and to specify the progress of the work well beyond the achievements of previous research. The study of the cloister will be based on an interdisciplinary interaction of further archaeological analysis of the building, geological analysis of the building stones, particularly those selected for the sculpture, and a new detailed study of the latter, already initiated in the context of a colloquium paper, which constitutes the most elaborate ensemble in the field of Cistercian monumental decoration in southeastern France today.

    Partner(s):

    • Montpellier Center for Medieval Studies
    See the associated call for project