University-Business Partnerships

The University of Montpellier promotes partnerships between its research laboratories and the socio-economic world through internal mechanisms or by responding to external calls for projects that encourage such collaborations and foster innovation.

Approximately 350 contracts are signed each year between the University of Montpellier and its academic or industrial partners in the form of research collaborations, service provisions, consortium agreements (ANR, Horizon Europe, etc.), provision of equipment, licensing agreements, co-ownership regulations, and even start-up hosting.

How can a company establish an R&D partnership with a research laboratory?

The Research partnership Research a laboratory and a company can take the form of:

From a research collaboration
From a service offering based in particular on the expertise of technological platforms of the University of Montpellier

How can a company employee join a Research laboratory Research

The University of Montpellier offers the Companies And Campus program, which aims to increase the presence of socio-economic actors on campus by dedicating funding to this initiative. This program aims to facilitate the establishment of new partnerships, including the arrival of company employees or entrepreneurs with business creation projects, in research structures around a topic of common interest.

What measures can be taken to strengthen exchanges between Research laboratories Research businesses?

There are numerous measures designed to strengthen exchanges between research laboratories and the socio-economic world or to promote the employment of PhD graduates in companies:

Regional level: actions can be funded under the Regional Plan for Higher Education, Research , Research Innovation.
National level: calls for projects are issued bythe ANR (Labcom, PRCE, etc.), BPI France or other foundations, or even the CIFRE program, which allows companies to receive financial assistance to recruit doctoral students.
European level: Calls for projects are proposed through the Horizon Europe research and innovation funding program .

Teams from the University of Montpellier assist the scientific community in finding the most suitable solution.

How to host a business at the University?

As part of a research contract with one of the institution's laboratories, the UM provides premises to creators or young companies less than two years old. This allows the companies hosted to be on campus, close to research facilities and our technology platforms. This provision of premises, for which a fee is charged, may not exceed a total hosting period of six years.

By contributing to Research development, the government allows companies to benefit from tax advantages. The University of Montpellier has accreditations that allow these socio-economic partners to benefit from the Research Collaboration Tax Credit and/or of the Research tax credit.