University Innovation Hubs
The aim of each local University Innovation Hub or Pôle Universitaire d’Innovation (PUI) is to increase the effectiveness of systems set up to support innovation in all its dimensions, from conducting joint research to setting up a company, and to help turn technology and knowledge into innovations, particularly via DeepTech start-ups.
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PIA4 2023
- The 4e Programme d’Investissement d’Avenir (PIA4) (4th Future Investment Programme) is a new programme entirely devoted to higher education, research, and innovation, which aims to provide French researchers and entrepreneurs with confidence in the future and the means required to innovate and take risks.
- The PIA has been running for ten years, funding promising and innovative investments throughout the country and in French strategic sectors (ecological transition, business competitiveness, higher education and research, industrial sovereignty, digital economy, etc.).
- The 4e Programme d’Investissement d’Avenir has a 5-year budget of 20 billion euros for higher education, research, and innovation.
A proposal by CY Alliance, supported by CYU through CY Transfer and 3 other founding members
- CY Cergy Paris Université, through CY Transfer, has been accredited, on behalf of CY Alliance and with 3 other founding members (CNRS, CEREMA and SATT ERGANEO), as a University Innovation Hub (PUI in French). The aim of the PUI is to encourage the emergence of around twenty clusters at national level, designed to accelerate regional innovation dynamics, and are financed as part of the France 2030 programme.
- The project submitted capitalises on the innovation ecosystem of CY Alliance and its partners (urban areas, the département, the Ile-de-France region, competitiveness hubs, innovation agencies, economic development actors, companies, etc.) and on all its strengths, particularly its multidisciplinary research potential, in response to societal and environmental transitions and its student entrepreneurship dynamic.
- It comprises a whole range of coordinated actions, from training through promotion and market exploration to project support, in order to meet the expectations of innovation providers and users – researchers and businesses.
- CY Transfer and its partners have been approved as part of a seed phase and will initially be funded to the tune of €2.5 million (out of the €6 million requested for the project).
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