Objective CRYSTAL2PLATE is a coherent training and career development platform for early stage and experienced scientists in Geodynamics. It involves 6 European research teams internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary fields of Earth Sciences, 2 high-technology SME, and 2 multinational companies in the oil and gas industry. It places emphasis in experience-based training through cross-disciplinary research projects that combine case studies in well-chosen target areas with new developments in seismology, geochemistry, laboratory and numerical modelling of the mantle from the cm to the global scale. These multidisciplinary projects altogether aim to answer a key question in Earth Sciences, still unsolved 40 years after the establishment of the plate tectonics theory: how mantle convection produces, and is modified by, plate tectonics. To attain this objective, we will explicitly consider interactions between physical and chemical processes as well as between crystal-scale processes and large-scale dynamics in the mantle. CRYSTAL2PLATE aims to provide to 10 early-stage researchers and 2 experienced researchers: (1) state-of-the-art concepts and leading-edge techniques essential to study complex natural systems via the research projects, courses, and scientific exchanges within and beyond the network; (2) essential career-management skills via courses and practical activities aimed to develop their organisational, management, and networking skills; (3) an understanding of the impact of research results for the private sector and an insight of the enterprise world via exchanges and visits to the industrial partners; (4) new possibilities of career development via professional contacts in academia and industry. The long-term synergy among CRYSTAL2PLATE partners, which are already leaders in their specific domains, will structure the European research and training capacities in Earth Sciences, increasing their impact and international visibility. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeochemistrynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologyplate tectonics Keywords PhD anisotropy field work geochemistry heterogeneity modelling multi-scale processes physico-chemical interactions postdoc rifting seismology strain localisation subduction tectonics Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN - Marie Curie Action: " Networks for Initial Training" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ITN - Networks for Initial Training (ITN) Coordinator UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES EU contribution € 650 231,00 Address PLACE EUGENE BATAILLON 2 34095 MONTPELLIER France See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jean-Michel Portefaix (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 429 659,00 Address BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD BS8 1QU Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mike Hobbs (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution € 176 225,00 Address HEIDELBERGLAAN 8 3584 CS Utrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Johanna A.M. Paulssen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 655 228,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paul Tackley (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE Italy EU contribution € 199 662,00 Address VIA OSTIENSE 133 00154 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rosanna Praturlon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 401 002,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Liliane Flabbée (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 188 121,00 Address CALLE SERRANO 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mar García-Ferrer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data