Projet SALTGIANT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

As society moves into an era where environmental change has an ever-growing place in the political agenda, the demand for a new generation of scientists working at the interface between the natural and social sciences is growing. SALTGIANT contributes to satisfy this demand within a rare cross-disciplinary network of natural and social scientists dedicated to understanding the formation of the Mediterranean Salt Giant, one of the largest salt deposits on Earth, and its implications for sub-seafloor microbial life, risk assessment in the oil industry, geo-economics of the Mediterranean region and the history of oceanography. SALTGIANT will bring together 22 academic organizations (11 beneficiaries, 11 partners), 2 private sector Oil&Gas companies and 1 specialist in transferable skills training from 8 European countries to stimulate interdisciplinary and intersectorial knowledge exchange between geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, microbiologist, geographers and historians in a network with PhD students at its core. SALTGIANT combines (i) geological and geochemical field work, (ii) laboratory measurements and experiments, (iii) numerical modeling at a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and (iv) empirical social sciences data collection and analysis, guaranteeing exposure of the research fellows to state-of-the-art scientific knowledge and hands-on practical training in a field rich in applications of both intellectual and societal relevance. Through its innovative blend of training and research activities, SALTGIANT will boost the employability of its research fellows in academia and in the private sector, particularly the energy sector, including Oil & Gas and geothermal, resource management, geological storage and numerical modeling, as well as in governmental agencies (Ministries of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Energy), international organizations (European Environment Agency, EEA; United Nations Environmental Program, UNEP) and NGOs.

Mots clés : salt, petroleum, tectonics, drilling hazards, deep life, geoeconomics, science history, modeling

Participants :
- Spanish National Research Council (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 247872.96 €
- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 258061.32 €
- University of Essex (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 273287.88 €
- University of Palermo (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 258061.32 €
- Knauf (Germany) (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Petroleum oil & gas españa, s.a. (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ente nazionale degli idrocarburi (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Geplan consulting (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Società italiana sali alcalini spa (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ministry of Energy (Israël) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 260300.52 €
- Matís (Iceland) (Islande) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Bremen (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Ju muzej republike srpske banja luka (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Sorbonne Université (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262875.6 €
- Université de Toulouse (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Fondation nationale des sciences politiques (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262875.6 €
- Utrecht University (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 510748.56 €
- University of Bristol (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Delek drilling (Israël) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- German Aerospace Center (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut de physique du globe (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262875.6 €
- Universidad de Salamanca (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 247872.96 €
- University of Pavia (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre for the history of science (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- S.i.s.s.a. medialab srl (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 525751.2 €
- Centre d’études et de documentation juridiques et économiques (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- National Oceanography Centre (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 167009.26 €
- UK Research and Innovation (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 106278.62 €
- Universität Hamburg (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- University of Turin (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israël) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Ratio oil exploration (Israël) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Suède) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research (Norway) (Norvège) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ipemed (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Durham University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €