1. University of Rennes, Brittany, France
InfoDay 2013, ENV Calls in FP7, 11 June 2012
ORGANISATION
University of Rennes, Brittany, France
ECOBIO, CNRS Joint research unit
ECOsystems - BIOdiversity - Evolution
Head of unit: Françoise BINET, Research Director at CNRS
Large Multidisciplinary unit : 174 members / 5 research teams/ 5 technical centres/
2 LTER fieldwork areas (Western France and Antarctica)
Specialized in CONTINENTAL ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
evolutionary biology/ environmental “omics”/ communities ecology/ biogeochemical cycling/ landscape ecology
Member of the « Observatoire de Rennes » , Faculty of Environnement »
410 scientists : lawyer , geograph, physician, chemist, mathematician, (µ)biologist, ecologist, agronomist
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2. TOPICS OF INTEREST – Challenge 6.1 – Call 6.1-2
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TOPICS OF INTEREST – Challenge 6.1 – Call 6.1-2
ENV Land cover and land-use change and climate change mitigation
Context : Carbon dynamics , soil C storage and atmospheric C emissions (COVs, CH4, CO2)
We propose to predict the vulnerability of cropped ecosystem and peatlands facing land uses and/or climate changes by through C modeling and associated N-S elements
Assess the impacts of long-term (> 15 years) organic waste disposals
on soil organisms (diversity, structure communities and functions)
Facilitate the biogeochemical processes induced by soil biota to compensate ecological impacts
Modeling the above-belowground C fluxes by including biotic component
Strategy Combining in-situ field measurements, experimental ecology,
Ecological stoeckiometry and Modeling
Interested in joining a consortium on the calls ENV / / 6.2-5
Unit track record in the field - European recent-past FP6 collaborative project (RECIPE),
- on-going national ANR collaborative project (Peatwarm) ; member of the Peatland national network ,
- hosting a biogeochemical analysis platform (tracers, gaz spectrometry, OTC chambers… ,
- Access to instrumented fields in collaboration with INRA partners
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3. Research experience and strengths
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Research experience and strengths
5 collaborative projects within the EU Framework Programme (Recipe, Alter, Greenveines, Comparevol, Eurolimpacts), 2 within the Eranets ’Snowman’ & ‘Biodiversa’ (Sustain, Farmland),
16 on-going national collaborative projects (ANR, CNRS,FRB,…)
1 CNRS funded ‘International Associated Laboratory’ with Iowa State University (USA)
Diverse European and International collaborations
Annual budget: 1M€/year including 70% on research contracts
> 100 publications/year including 30% in high profile journals (IF > 4) and 7% the highest top ranked journals (IF > 9, Science, PNAS, Ecology Letters, Ann. Rew., ...)
Interested in joining a consortium on the calls ENV / / 6.2-5
We also have support for the set up and management of EU projects:
from the University of Rennes’s Technology Transfer Office (43 FP6 and 60 FP7 projects).
Thank you for you attention
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