Strengthen collaboration
Companies • Startups • Associations • Public administration
Create lasting and strategic partnerships
Mechanisms to strengthen the synergy between research and business : partnership chairs funded by corporate sponsors, joint laboratories between researchers and companies.
Partnership chairs
A SYNERGY BETWEEN RESEARCH AND BUSINESS
Partnership chairs enable companies to co-develop ambitious long-term research programs. They contribute to research on key topics in your sector and facilitate the dissemination of innovations.
Shared laboratories
A PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
Joint laboratories establish long-term partnerships between academic laboratories and companies. They co-construct a roadmap to promote innovation and the valorization of results.
What Entrepreneurs Are Saying
Mélusine is an example of a research partnership between expertise based in the Grand Est region and the R&D needs of an industrial company such as EDF: a winning combination of applied research and industry. Continuing this partnership contributes to the search for new decarbonization levers for our industrial customers.
Our strenghts
Who it’s for
BUILT FOR BUSINESS OUTCOMES
SMEs, mid-caps, large corporates, and public bodies looking to accelerate innovation, validate technologies, or build long-term capability with academic partners.
Collaboration formats
CHOOSE THE RIGHT FORMAT FOR YOUR NEED
Rapid study / Expert review
Feasibility & prototyping
Industry-sponsored PhD (CIFRE)
Contract research
Research chair / joint program
IP, confidentiality & compliance
SECURE BY DESIGN
We define confidentiality and IP rules upfront, distinguishing background and foreground IP. Data protection, ethics, and compliance are integrated into the plan from day one.
What to expect
TIMELINES & OUTCOMES
Scoping: typically 2–4 weeks depending on complexity
First results: in weeks for rapid studies; months for lab-based work
Outputs: documented findings, datasets, prototypes, or validated methods ready for adoption