Academic partnerships

The development of academic partnerships, in the regional territory and beyond, allows the Université d'Avignon to be at the centre of a network which largely covers the themes linked to its identity axes. These partnerships concern the major research organisations and partner universities. They are based on the sharing of research structures (UMR, UMS, research federations), the contractualisation of framework agreements (UAPV-INRA-CNRS-EHESS, Aix-Marseille-Provence-Mediterranée Association) and the co-sponsorship of major structuring projects.

 UAPV/CNRS/EHESS/INRA framework agreement   

The Université d'Avignon develops its research activities in partnership with research organisations on each of its identity axes. These joint commitments have been materialised by the signature, in April 2015, of a framework agreement associating the institution with the EHESS, the CNRS and the INRA. This agreement lays the foundations for the International Scientific Centre of Excellence in Avignon, in particular :
 
  • Creation of a Scientific Coordination and Orientation Committee (CCOS) for the Avignon cluster,
  • Structuring of research activity around the 2 identity axes "Agro&Sciences" and "Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies",
  • Coordination of research transfer and valorisation,
  • Development of technical platforms and shared resource centres,
  • Concerted Contribution to Scientific and Technical Culture (CCST)
  • Involvement of staff from research organisations and EHESS in the activity of Doctoral Studies,
  • Pooling of skills and resources within the framework of concerted actions in the training of their staff.

Partnerships with research organisations and shared units

The collaboration of the University of Avignon with the major research organisations is based on the sharing of mixed units which benefit from joint recognition by the Ministry of Research and one or more research organisations and partner universities. These shared units constitute privileged collaborative spaces which are jointly managed by all the supervisory bodies. They can be research laboratories (Joint Research Units, UMR) or service units (Joint Service Units, UMS) which support and stimulate research activities.

The University of Avignon shares mixed units with INRA, CNRS, EHESS, IRD and CIRAD. 

 

   

   

CNRS

   

EHESS

   INRA PACA

 

Partner universities and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Association

The University of Avignon is located at the centre of a large and dynamic research area, covering the south-east of France and structured by the intersection of the Rhone axis and an east-west axis running from Nice to Montpellier. These collaborations are based on :

  • sharing of mixed units (with AMU, Lyon, Nice, Montpellier)
  • major research projects funded in particular under the Investments for the Future (Investissements d'Avenir)
  • partners in federative research structures (Fruman, Ecorev, Tersys, Agorantic)
  • The Aix-Marseille Provence Association (AMP), which offers a privileged framework for the development of synergies and the harmonisation of all the activities of the site's partners. The site includes the Universities of Aix-Marseille, Toulon, the Ecole Centrale de Marseille and Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence.

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Research federations: tools for boosting partnerships

Research federations are structures dedicated to the animation and coordination of scientific projects that cross several research units. These federations must allow the development of research ecosystems beyond the perimeter of a university site. The University of Avignon has two federations linked to its two identity axes and is involved in two others, in its fields of excellence:
 
  • Agorantic (FR 3621). This federation was labelled by the CNRS in 2012, with a primary attachment to the INSHS and a secondary attachment to the INS2I. Its main mission is to promote multidisciplinary research on culture, heritage and digital societies;
  • Tersys Tersys is a federative research structure created in 2010, whose main institutional partners are the University of Avignon, INRA PACA and the CNRS. Tersys federates and stimulates the activity of the research laboratories of the Avignon site on the "Agro&Sciences" identity axis;
  • FRUMAM (FR 2291): CNRS federation made up of mathematics laboratories from the universities of Avignon (LMA, EA 2151), Marseille and Toulon;
  • ECCOREV (FR 3098): a federation dedicated to the study of continental ecosystems and environmental risks. The University of Avignon contributes via the IMBE and the UMR EMMAH.

Mis à jour le 22 December 2022