The Rhône Campus Alliance brings together five academic partners from the Lake Geneva region and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The aim is to strengthen scientific research partnerships between the Université de Lyon, the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Université Savoie Mont-Blanc (USMB)

The “Rhône Campus Alliance” network is based on the sharing of skills and facilities, and on the institutions’ geographical proximity, to develop collaborations focusing on specific themes with the aim of creating a world-class innovative region, with a significant local, European and international impact.

As part of this alliance, four research project start-up funds have been launched in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, in order to:

  • Develop joint research projects,
  • Set up consortia for responding to European calls for projects,
  • Provide support for innovative and developmental projects,
  • Encourage closer ties with public, private and community partners.

2024 call for applications

Ongoing call for applications - Find out more

2022 call for applications: selected projects involving the Université de Lyon

During the 3rd call for projects, 12 projects were selected, including 4 involving UdL member institutions.

Name

Supported by

Main scientists and partner institutions

"Experimentation and continuous monitoring of intensive green roofs providing multiple ecosystem services"

Université de Lyon

Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski (DEEP, INSA Lyon), Fabienne Favre Boivin (HES-SO, School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg - HEIA-FR), Santiago Sandoval Arenas (HES-SO, School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg - HEIA-FR)

"Peaks of pollution and eutrophication in the Etruscan lagoons"

Université de Lyon

Jean Philippe GOIRAN (Archéorient laboratory, Université Lumière Lyon 2), Thierry Adatte (ISTE, University of Lausanne), Pierre Sabatier (EDYTEM, Université Savoie-Mont Blanc)

"Healthy ageing and the role of technology"

Université de Lyon

Didier Vinot (MAGELLAN, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), Katarzyna Wac (Information Science Institute, University of Geneva)

"Topological quantum machines"

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Géraldine Haack (GSEM, University of Geneva), Pierre Delplace (Laboratoire de physique, ENS de Lyon)


2020 call for applications: selected projects involving the Université de Lyon


During the 2nd call for projects, 14 projects were selected, including 4 involving UdL member institutions.

Name

Supported by

Main scientists and partner institutions
“Working remotely in digital mode” Université de Lyon Emilie Vayre (GRePS, Université Lumière Lyon 2), Emmanuel Abord de Chatillon - (UGA), David Giauque (UNIL)
"Development of a digital simulator for the estimation of a wear index of hip prostheses" Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Raphaël Dumas (LBMC,Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Florent Moissenet (UNIGE)
"MatéRhône - Construction materials in the Rhone arc: extraction, circulation, recycling" Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Romain J. Garcier (EVS, ENS de Lyon), Hélène Blaszkiewicz (UNIGE), Laëtitia Mongeard (EVS, ENS de Lyon), Hy Dao (UNIGE), Pascal Peduzzi (UNIGE), Michel Lussault (EVS, ENS de Lyon), Estelle Morle (ENSAL), Pierre Desvaux (École urbaine de Lyon)
“Caricatures and digital cultures” Université de Lyon Laurent Baridon (LARHRA, Université Lumière Lyon 2), Philippe Kaenel (UNIL)

2018 call for applications: projects co-funded by the Université de Lyon

 

Name

Academic field

Main scientists and partner institutions
"Intersectionality" Sociology
Law		 Djaouidah Sehili (CMW, Université Lumière Lyon 2), Éléonore Lépinard (UNIL)
"Rhône Seminar on Cognition, Social Realities and Philosophy: The Problem of Social Naturalism" Cognitive sciences Jean Michel Roy (IHRIM, ENS de Lyon), Laurence Kaufman (UNIL)
"Séd-Impact: ecophysiological responses of juvenile salmonids induced by the resuspension of fine sediments" Biology Franck Cattanéo (HES.SO), Raphaël Santos (HES.SO), Alain Devaux et Sylvie Bony (LEHNA, ENTPE), Nathalie Chèvre (UNIL), Jean Guillard (CARRTEL, INRA)
“Towards a critical and integrated appropriation of neuroscience in education” Neurosciences Stanislas Morel (ECP/CESSP, Université Jean Monnet), Jean-Paul Payet (UNIGE), Emmanuel Sander (UNIGE)
"Natural selection on the genome in murid rodent teeth" Biologie Marie Sémon et Sophie Pantalacci (LBMC, ENS de Lyon), Marc Robinson-Rechavi (UNIL)