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Call for proposals

Grant: Auditory Infection and/or Immunology

Opening of the call: November 19th, 2024
Application deadline: February 14th, 2024, 6 p.m., CET (UTC +1)

10 research teams

Cognition et communication 
auditive

Dirigée par Luc Arnal & Diane Lazard

Code neural dans le système auditif

Dirigée par Jérémie Barral

Dynamique du système auditif et perception multisensorielle

Dirigée par Brice Bathellier

Exploration clinique et translationnelle des synaptopathies auditives

Dirigée par Didier Dulon & Hung Thai-Van

Code neural dans le système auditif

Dirigée par Jérémie Barral

Code neural dans le système auditif

Dirigée par Jérémie Barral

Purpose of the call

We invite applications for a 2-year collaborative research grant aimed at addressing auditory health issues.

This initiative seeks to foster collaborations between the IHU reConnect and the Institut Pasteur Main Campus on novel infectious and immunological issues related to congenital and/or acquired auditory deficits.

Context

reConnect brings together all stakeholders in hearing health:

  • patient associations, researchers, ENT clinicians, neurologists, geriatricians, neurosurgeons from the Hearing Institute and Lariboisière Hospital,

  • as well as our partners from Necker and Pitié-Salpêtrière hospitals, healthcare professionals and industrial players in the hearing sector.

Scientific Workpackages

IHU is organized around major scientific workpackages including
WP1 - Novel treatments and handling of abrupt and fluctuating deafness,
WP2 - Preventing and curing progressive hearing loss,
WP3 - Characterizing and treating Auditory Perception Disorders,
WP4 - Hearing and dementia: from pathomechanisms to treatments,
WP5 - Rewiring disrupted audio-phonological networks,
WP6 – Network and Data Science,
WP7 – Connected research and Medecine.


See the sections of the reConnect website for more information and/or you can also reach all WP leaders.

reConnect brings together all stakeholders in hearing health:

  • patient associations, researchers, ENT clinicians, neurologists, geriatricians, neurosurgeons from the Hearing Institute and Lariboisière Hospital,

  • as well as our partners from Necker and Pitié-Salpêtrière hospitals, healthcare professionals and industrial players in the hearing sector.

Scientific Workpackages

IHU is organized around major scientific workpackages including
WP1 - Novel treatments and handling of abrupt and fluctuating deafness,
WP2 - Preventing and curing progressive hearing loss,
WP3 - Characterizing and treating Auditory Perception Disorders,
WP4 - Hearing and dementia: from pathomechanisms to treatments,
WP5 - Rewiring disrupted audio-phonological networks,
WP6 – Network and Data Science,
WP7 – Connected research and Medecine.


See the sections of the reConnect website for more information and/or you can also reach all WP leaders.

reConnect covers the entire transdisciplinary ecosystem of auditory disorders from the ear to the brain and interconnects actors from preclinical, to industrial and clinical applications.

Its main goal is to move from a compensatory to a curative medicine of hearing, and to leverage auditory processes to treat neurological disorders.

This vision is articulated around four missions:

  1. harnessing fundamental auditory neuroscience research to contribute innovative therapeutic developments,

  2. preventing noise-induced hearing loss and reduce the far too long gap between hearing loss onset and its clinical handling (ten years on average),

  3. filling gaps in academic and professional education and make related careers attractive again,

  4. connecting traditionally dislocated constituents of the audition landscape (clinical specialties, academic and industrial partners, paramedical, medical and associative activity sectors).

Eligibility and election criteria

Selection criteria

  • Novelty and quality of the project

  • Relevance of the collaboration to goals of reConnect

  • Feasibility: organization, implementation and budget plan

Eligibility

  • Collaborative project between 2 (or more) teams

  • At least one partner of the Institut Pasteur Roux Campus not affiliated with reConnect (Consult the research website – Institut Pasteur).

  • At least one partner from the reConnect network (see the list of reConnect members, Institut de l'Audition contacts on ePasteur phone directory or contact the WPs listed above).

  • External partners are allowed (see budget restrictions)

Funding details and duration

  • Total grant amount is €80,000 for a duration of up to two years.

  • External partners not affiliated with reConnect or the Institut Pasteur may receive no more than 25% of the total budget.

  • Eligible expenses include personnel, materials, and consumables.

  • Subcontracting is allowed up to 15-25% of the total budget.

Submission requirements
Application form

Application deadline: February 14th, 2024, 6 p.m., CET (UTC + 1)

When deemed necessary, reConnect reserves the right to ask candidates for additional information.

Application form

Applications must be written in English and the application form submitted to: Projects@ihu-reconnect.org

Upload the application form.

Follow up process

When deemed necessary, reConnect reserves the right to ask candidates for additional
reConnect is responsible for the grant follow-up process.
Grantees will present their project and results at reConnect events and communication materials.
If the grantee changes during the lifespan of the grant, the project should be reassessed by an ad hoc evaluation conducted by reConnect.

Selection process

reConnect is responsible for the grant selection process.

Applications will be reviewed by a dedicated panel. The final decision on selection will be made by ranking of the received applications during the panel meeting and validated by the executive management of reConnect.

Candidates will be notified by April 30th.

The Executive Management of reConnect reserves the right to postpone the allocation if no project meets the criteria.

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