Inria
Mission
Support
Type of actor
Research player
Fields of intervention
Health / Social / Medical Device
Intervention zone
National
What is Inria?
Inria is France's national research institute for digital science and technology. World-class research, technological innovation and entrepreneurial risk are its DNA. A technological institute, Inria supports the diversity of innovation paths from open source software publishing to the creation of technological startups (Deeptech) often in interdisciplinary collaboration with industrial partners.
🎯 Missions
- Enhance knowledge and explore new fields in the digital sciences;
- Motivate and support technology transfer to the business world and society, thereby helping to increase the competitiveness of French and European companies;
- Develop large-scale software technologies.
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💡 I have a project. How can I get in touch with Inria?
- If you've identified a scientific lock that doesn't have a state-of-the-art technological solution, there may be answers within the research teams or the competence to help build it;
- Also, if you're the bearer of a project and bring an advanced technology to the table, the programme Inria Studio Startup can support you during the initial design phase of your project. A wide range of profiles can benefit from the Inria Startup Studio program: PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, interns, engineers or researchers employed by Inria (permanent or non-permanent), employees of other French partner research establishments, project leaders (with a technology) from outside Inria. A project can be led by one or more people, but the team must include at least one Inria or non-Inria scientist (researcher or engineer).
🤝 At what stage of my project should I contact you?
As soon as you are able to formulate an expression of need or present your creative project and its technological basis.
💸 Does it finance projects?
Inria Startup Studio can finance the project owner during the construction phase of his or her entrepreneurial project: full-time financing and in six-month stages. This funding can last a year and extend to several people on the founders' team.
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📖 Practical Guide
All the questions you need to ask about Inria.
Who's the right person to talk to?
Sophie Pellat and Hervé Lebret co-direct Inria Startup Studio. Their experience of digital Deeptech startups, investment funds and private investors, their role of strategic advice, guidance and codesign are a project gas pedal.
Startup Studio contact: startupstudio@inria.fr
If you have identified a technological lock that you feel could benefit from the input of a research team, are considering a structuring bilateral partnership or are looking to complete a consortium, you can initially contact the head of Inria's digital health program, philippe.gesnouin@inria.fr, who will be able to direct you to the ad-hoc contacts or his deputy christelle.ayache@inria.fr.
Do I have to pay for Inria's services?
For existing companies we can grant user licenses, have developments financed from your own funds with Research Tax Credit approval, together respond to national or European calls for tenders.
For Startup Studio support you commit to working exclusively on your entrepreneurial project and driving the launch in dialogue with Inria. This translates into the signing of a maturation agreement upon entering the program.
Can Inria support my project individually?
Everything is decided on a case-by-case basis, according to need. It can range from operational support for 6 to 12 months, to funding for people, to financial support for software and a few missions in France.
Can Inria help me raise funds?
Inria puts you in touch with the private investors and funds that are part of the vast network we have developed, without however taking on the responsibility of helping to raise funds, which is the specific work that a fundraiser can provide.
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