Capacity building 

As leader of Montpellier's Pôle Universitaire d'Innovation (PUI ), the University of Montpellier is committed to innovation training.

This is why, since 2020, a training program entitled "Capacity Building", has been offered to all PUI Montpellier partners.  

Each year, €50,000 is earmarked for innovation training for administrative and research staff fromI-SITE partners, to help them develop their skills. 

Ultimately, Capacity Building training aims tostandardize practices across all PUI Montpellier partner structures. 

The themes

Negotiation

• Module 1 – Learning to Negotiate (Basic Level)
• Module 2 – In-depth study and adaptations to specific needs

Intellectual property

• Module 1 – Tools and fundamental principles of intellectual property (basic level)
• Module 2 – Everything you need to know, or almost everything, about patents (intermediate and advanced level)
• Module 3 – Industrial property contracts (intermediate and advanced level)
• Module 4 – Intellectual Property Strategy (intermediate and advanced level)
• Module 5 – Research Valorization (intermediate and advanced level)
• Module 6 – IP, Agronomy, and Biotechnology (Intermediate and Advanced Level)
• Module 7 – IP and Health (Intermediate and Advanced Level)
• Module 8 – Review and Application (Intermediate and Advanced Levels)

Public speaking: preparing your pitch

• Single module – Preparing your pitch & mastering public speaking

Health: from development to marketing of drugs and medical devices

• Module 1 – Medicines: structuring a comprehensive development plan
• Module 2 – Medical devices: structuring a comprehensive development plan

Public/private research project funding

• Module 1 – Introduction to public financing mechanisms (basic level)
• Module 2 – Strategies for mobilizing financial mechanisms
• Module 3 – Eligibility analysis and file preparation
• Module 4 – Methodology for responding to a call for funding
• Module 5 – Reading and expectations of funders
• Module 6 – Monitoring, reporting, and post-funding obligations

Conditions of participation

• Be administrative staff, doctoral students, Professors researchers employed by a PUI partner organization and involved in innovation initiatives.
• Coverage of PUI training costs. 

I-Site: Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, Institut Agro, CIRAD, CHU de Montpellier, CHU de Nîmes, CNRS, CEA, ICM, INRAE, INSERM, IRD, and a representative jointly appointed by BRGM, CIHEAM IAM, IFREMER and INRIA.