Valuation

The University of Montpellier fosters innovation within its laboratories and develops innovative solutions that benefit people and the environment through Research conducted by its researchers.

From technology and medicine to environmental engineering and the social sciences,UM researchers’ scientific work by giving it economic and societal value that is directly linked to the challenges facing the industrial sector.

The commercialization of research stimulates scientific innovation and has an impact on society and the socio-economic sphere. It encourages collaboration between laboratories and external partners and also helps generate new sources of revenue.

Ways to add value

There are several avenues available to researchers who wish 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 start-ups and the operations of existing businesses, scientific grants, participation in governance bodies, etc.)

Technology transfer

Technology transfer facilitates the commercialization of solutions derived from research.

To this end, the University of Montpellier is formalizing this transfer by establishing several types of commercialization agreements, such as:

• Co-ownership agreements
• License Agreements
• Assignment Agreements

Good to know

The University of Montpellier ranks among the top patent filers

Filing a patent application is one of the steps in the commercialization process, which may subsequently lead to a licensing agreement or a contract for the transfer of rights.

It serves to protect, negotiate, and secure financial resources from innovations generated through the work of 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 dedicated to accelerating technology transfer

The University of Montpellier has also established a spin-off company dedicated to commercialization, the technology transfer acceleration company SATT AxLR. SATT AxLR has an investment fund that supports research teams in developing their projects and creating innovations tailored to market needs. It also provides access to the University of Montpellier’s intellectual property rights for the technologies it manages.