Call for Projects: Seed Funding Ageing and Well-being
About the call
The seed funding “Ageing and Well-being” aims to create or strengthen research, innovation, or teaching activities within the Ulysseus alliance. It seeks to support the sustainable integration of core cooperation activities between the member universities. In the long term, these activities should become self-financed or supported by external funding. The scheme covers all activities related to the “Ageing and Well-being” domain of the Ulysseus Université Côte d’Azur Innovation Hub.
Applications must be submitted by 30th June 2026 via the form available at the bottom of the page.
Eligibility and requirements
- The call for projects is exclusively open to teams composed of professors, researchers, students, or associate members of Ulysseus.
- Each team must include participants from at least two (2) other Ulysseus member universities, in addition to Université Côte d’Azur (UniCA) (minimum of 3 Ulysseus members in total).
- As the funding is provided by UniCA, each team must include at least one UniCA member. Projects may be co-directed by an external member.
- People who are not members of Ulysseus may also be part of the team. In this case, their contribution to the project will be at their own expense.
Funding and implementation
- Exceptions apart, the funding request may not exceed 3000€. Any co-financing of the project must be indicated.
- Projects will be selected by the UniCA Innovation Hub local steering committee for “Ageing and Well-being”, which may seek external expert advice if necessary.
- This call for projects is disseminated within the same committee. The maximum duration of a project is 12 months.
- A final written report is requested.
- The administrative and financial framework is that of the IDEX (project leader’s commitment contract).
- Eligible expenses are those directly linked to the project. Under no circumstances may the funding be used to cover human resources (HR) costs.
Call timeline
- Call opening: 1 May 2026
- Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
- Evaluation period: July 2026 (until the end of July)
- Notification of results: End of July 2026
- Project implementation period: from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027
To apply, please send the registration form by email to seedfunding.ageingwellbeing@univ-cotedazur.fr