Women mathematicians innovate: March 10 & 11, 2025
Women, industry and mathematics: how do they fit together?
Support services
CNRS supports innovation and transfer by providing tools, funding and processes to initiate and sustain partnership relationships.
The creation of a joint laboratory, prematurity programs, patent registration or start-up creation are all part of these innovation support schemes.
An innovation ecosystem
Research that promises innovation develops within an ecosystem that involves the Partnership and Technology Transfer Services (SPV) of the CNRS Regional Delegations (DR) and/or universities. These are natural intermediaries for the Pôles Universitaires d'Innovation (PUI), CNRS Innovation and the Société d'accélération du transfert de technologies (SATT).
TheAgence pour les mathématiques en interaction avec l'entreprise et la société (AMIES), a support and research unit of the CNRS, offers a range of services to support mathematicians in their relations with the non-academic world.
The CNRS prematuration program
Prematuration is the first stage in the process of transferring a technology, product, methodology or service to the market, with the creation of high value. CNRS supports innovation in its laboratories through its prematuration program, which aims to support the very early stages of development of emerging projects with high innovation potential. This program, coordinated by CNRS Innovation, is upstream of the missions of the SATTs.
Insmi supports access to this program for all employees of units of which the institute is co-supervisor, by disseminating information and providing assistance (recommendations and support) in the preparation of dossiers presented to selection committees. The average amount and duration of funded projects are in the order of €100-150k over a maximum of 18 months.
To submit an application, start by contacting the Institute's innovation department, which will validate it. Winning projects are supported by representatives of the various players involved in innovation and value enhancement (the Institute's Innovation Unit, DRE, SPV, etc.).