What Carnot Cognition Brings You
Support for your research and your relations with companies.
The Carnot Cognition Institute
Today, the Carnot Cognition Institute unites 21 laboratories and nearly 2,000 cognition researchers, making it the largest structure in cognition in France and Europe.
The institute actively pursues scientific and technological renewal to anticipate the innovations of tomorrow's companies.
Business managers engage with companies or receive requests for scientific R&D support. The first action of the Institute is to reformulate the company's needs and communicate them to the 21 laboratories through a call for expressions of interest (AMI) via the laboratory directors (accessible on the Institute's intranet homepage).
Researchers can then respond (individually or in groups).
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The 7 Steps of Contractualization:
1
Development of Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI) :
Scientific expression of the need (project context, stakes, work packages, budget, proposed timeline).
2
Reception of the AMI by each laboratory
(simultaneously)
3
Analysis of AMI responses
(validation of responses to be sent to the company)
4
Sending responses to the company
(technical responses, administrative forms, budgets)
5
Selection of AMI responses by the company
(pre-selection of laboratories by the company, confirmation to laboratories by the Institute, organization of audits by the company, validation of selected projects)
6
Contractualization
(development of the contract for each selected response, development of a proposal by the laboratory, validation of technical and financial annex with the Institute, sending the proposal by the laboratory to the company/copy to the Institute), negotiation and contractualization between the managing entity and the company)
6
Contractualization
(development of the contract for each selected response, development of a proposal by the laboratory, validation of technical and financial annex with the Institute, sending the proposal by the laboratory to the company/copy to the Institute), negotiation and contractualization between the managing entity and the company)
5
Selection of AMI responses by the company
(pre-selection of laboratories by the company, confirmation to laboratories by the Institute, organization of audits by the company, validation of selected projects)
4
Sending responses to the company
(technical responses, administrative forms, budgets)
7
Project management by the company, the Institute, and the laboratory
(development of a proposal by the laboratory, validation of technical and financial annex with the Institute, sending the proposal by the laboratory to the company/copy to the Institute, negotiation and contractualization between the managing entity and the company)
The Institute Supports You
The Carnot Cognition Institute supports your research projects. If your laboratory is labeled by the Carnot Cognition Institute, you can mobilize funds for projects. The Institute finances exploratory research work (proof of concepts, etc.) or micro-projects that, beyond their scientific relevance, could have industrial impacts.
It also funds the finalization of demonstrators and prospective white papers.
Projects can receive funding ranging from €5,000 to €25,000.
Projects exceeding €25,000 may be submitted but are subject to specific review by the review committee.
Allocation of funding for scientific resourcing
For which type of project
● Exploratory projects (proof of concepts, etc.)
● Micro-projects
● White papers
● Demonstrators with a view to their appropriation by companies
in one of the Institut Carnot Cognition's scientific fields.
Selection criteria
● Project originality: research challenges, potential applications.
● Multidisciplinarity: collaboration between several laboratories belonging to the Institut Carnot Cognition is strongly encouraged.
● Consistency with CCI priorities.
For how long
6 to 9 months
For which budget
From 5 000 € to 25 000 € (operating costs and staff)
Deposit dates
They are indicated twice a year (via the Intranet, your unit's Carnot correspondent or the laboratory director).
Carnot Prize for Collaborative Research
The Carnot Prize for Collaborative Research aims to highlight outstanding actions by members of the Carnot network in research partnerships between a Carnot institute and a company, and to reward researchers who have conducted such partnerships.
Several prizes will be awarded during the Carnot Meetings 2023:
- Partnership led by a young researcher (max. 35 years old)
- Collaborative research supporting the creation of a company
- Collaborative research with an existing SME/ETI
- Long-term partnership (3 years and more)
A project can be eligible in multiple categories.
Each prize is awarded personally to the researcher or the team in charge of the partnership.
IMPORTANT
Only one response is expected per Carnot institute, which will select its candidate project based on what it wishes to highlight in its partnership activity. Carnot institutes are free to organize their own selection process as they see fit.
Selection Criteria:
● The conciseness of responses will be a selection criterion. No justification of the scientific quality of the work is required, but rather its value and impact on the partner.
● The selection is conducted in September by a jury composed of the Board of Directors of the Carnot Institutes Association, the ANR manager of the Carnot program, and potentially external personalities (e.g., Jury President).
