This program is aimed at female and male researchers, doctoral students, teaching-researchers, post-doctoral researchers, and research or study engineers wishing to create their own company, acquire entrepreneurial skills, and challenge their project. The myStartup Program has already supported 58 projects and has a community of over 100 researchers.
The program includes 15 collective workshops on the various aspects of creating a startup and individual sessions with experts from the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. It offers two cohorts per year: from March to June and from October to January.
Participation conditions require applicants to be the driving force behind an innovative project resulting from research conducted in a research unit affiliated with a member institution of the PUI. The team must include at least one person from a PUI institution.
The collective workshops scheduled from March to June 2027 cover diverse topics such as the entrepreneurial ecosystem, team building, design, market identification, value proposition, financing, legal aspects, and final pitch preparation.
Participation is by selection following the submission of an application file by January 25, 2027. A pre-selection will be followed by a pitch presentation to a steering committee on February 2, 2027.
The PUI of the Sorbonne University Alliance includes institutions such as Sorbonne University, SATT Lutech, the Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), ENSCI, the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), the Agoranov Incubator, the CNRS, the INSERM, INRIA, and INSEAD.
