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The University of Montpellier fosters innovation within its laboratories and develops innovative solutions that benefit humanity and the environment through cutting-edge Research s created by its researchers. From technology and medicine to environmental engineering and the social sciences, the “UM ” initiative promotes researchers’ scientific work by giving it economic and societal value directly linked to the challenges facing the industrial world. Commercializing research stimulates scientific innovation and enables an impact on society and the socio-economic sphere. This encourages cooperation between laboratories and external partners and also helps generate new sources of revenue. Pathways to Commercialization Several commercialization pathways are available to researchers wishing to apply their research to the socio-economic sphere: Technology transfer to an academic or industrial partner Provisions of the Innovation Act (participation in business creation and the activities of existing companies, scientific competitions, participation in governance bodies, etc.) Technology Transfer Technology transfer facilitates the entry of solutions derived from research into the market. To this end, the University of Montpellier formalizes this transfer by establishing several types of commercialization agreements, such as: Co-ownership agreements License agreements Agreements for the assignment of rights Good to Know The University of Montpellier ranks among the top patent filers Filing a patent is one of the steps in the commercialization process that can subsequently lead to a licensing agreement or a rights assignment agreement. It serves to protect, negotiate, and generate financial resources from an innovation resulting from the work carried out by our scientific community. In 2022, the University of Montpellier was ranked among the top 50 patent applicants with the INPI, effectively placing it among the top 10 higher education institutions in France in terms of the number of patents filed. The University of Montpellier has a subsidiary tasked with accelerating technology transfer The University of Montpellier has also established a commercialization subsidiary, the technology transfer acceleration company: SATT AxLR. SATT AxLR has an investment fund that supports research teams in bringing their projects to market and developing innovations aligned with market needs. It also provides access to the University of Montpellier’s intellectual property rights for the technologies it manages.