The Sorbonne University Alliance, winner of the 2023 "University Innovation Clusters" call for proposals
The Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, have launched a call for proposals called France 2030. This national call for projects is designed to strengthen and accelerate innovation in territorial ecosystems through the establishment of University Innovation Clusters (PUI). As of Monday, July 10, the Sorbonne University Alliance (ASU) is one of 24 consortia whose PUI projects have been selected. ASU will receive funding of 9 million euros.
Already accredited as a pilot PUI in 2021, over the past two years the Sorbonne University Alliance has strengthened the coordination of the cluster's players in support of innovation development.
This experimental phase has made it possible to set up a cluster with:
- Flexible, responsive governance
- Coordination of the various innovation support mechanisms of the co-founders
- New ante-creation entrepreneurship support mechanisms, particularly for researchers (myStartup Program)
- Redeployment and reinforcement of the pre-startup support provided by the Alliance
The funding obtained by PUI ASU will enable it to:
- Enhance its operational efficiency, by making innovation support tools more transparent, providing support adapted to all types of project and developing centralized management tools.
- Consolidate the flow of innovative projects, by recruiting expert staff exclusively dedicated to the development of collaborations and transfer, strengthening and opening up prematurity by theme, aligning projects earlier with market expectations, and developing entrepreneurial awareness and support for all members of the community.
- Develop greater interfaces with society by supporting the potential of Paris Parc, with the ambition of becoming a sustainable part of the Parisian ecosystem as a benchmark site for partnership relations between research and the socio-economic world, both in France and internationally.
Les 29 lauréats
| 24 projets confirmés | Chef de file | Financement alloué (en M€) |
| BLUEBOX | Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 4 |
| Campus InnoV | Université de Rennes | 7 |
| FITInnovE | UGA | 10 |
| Innovation Alliance Université Paris-Saclay | Université Paris-Saclay | 11 |
| IP3 (IP CUBE) | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | 5,7 |
| Le PUI de Montpellier | Université de Montpellier (pilote) | 6,5 |
| LOIRE VALLEY INNOV | Université de Tours | 4 |
| L-VoRTEKS | Université de Lille | 4 |
| Med’Innov | Université Côte d'Azur | 7,5 |
| OpenCampusInnov | La Rochelle Université | 3 |
| P.U.I Normandie | Normandie Université (pilote) | 4 |
| POLARIS | Université Lorraine | 5,7 |
| Pôle PSL Innovation | PSL | 11 |
| PREDICT | ComUE Angers-Le Mans | 3 |
| PUI CAP I-TERR | Université Clermont Auvergne (pilote) | 4 |
| PUI ASU | Sorbonne Université (pilote) | 9 |
| PUI Nantes Université | Nantes Université | 6,2 |
| PUI Provence | Aix Marseille Université | 6 |
| PUI@Bordeaux | Université de Bordeaux | 5,8 |
| PUI-A | Université de Strasbourg (pilote) | 8,5 |
| Sud Aquitaine Innovation | Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour | 5,5 |
| Université Toulouse Innovation | Université de Toulouse | 7,5 |
| VALIOTECH | Université de La Réunion | 3 |
| Valo Cité | Université Paris Cité | 6 |
5 projets en phase d’amorçage
| Cytransfer | CY Cergy Paris Université | 2,5 |
| IMPULSE | ComUE Université de Lyon | 2,5 |
| InnoRem | Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne | 2,5 |
| PUI-BFC | Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté | 2,5 |
| Seville | ComUE Paris-Est | 2,5 |
