Avignon University welcomed the members of PUI Provence on 25 March 2025
The Pôle Universitaire d'Innovation (PUI) Provence is a strategic interface for companies, offering a unified academic entry point. This common gateway enables industrialists and entrepreneurs to benefit, in a single step, from the skills and resources of all 13 PUI partners. These founding partners are :
- Aix-Marseille University (lead partner)
- CNRS
- INSERM
- IRD
- Mediterranean Power Station
- AP-HM (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille)
- INRAE
- Avignon University
- Protisvalor
- SATT South East
- Inserm Transfert
- Centrale Innovation
- IMPULSE incubator
As a founding member, Avignon Université welcomed the PUI partners on 25 March to the Jean-Henri Fabre campus at Agroparc. Among those present were
- Jean-Luc PARRAIN, Regional Academic Delegate for Research and Innovation - PACA region (DRARI)
- Georges LINARÈS, President of Avignon University
- Frédéric CARLIN, Chairman of the INRAE PACA centre
- Charlie BARLA, AMU Vice President for Development and Innovation, Director of CISAM and PUI Provence
- Frédéric POIGNANT, PUI Provence project manager
- Christine PÉPIN, Professor at Avignon University and innovation officer
This meeting provided an opportunity for a general presentation of the PUI to the establishment and was followed by the monthly valuation committee.
The PUI Provence's mission is to transform research into concrete innovations through four major objectives: federating a collaborative innovation ecosystem, structuring research-business relations, accelerating technology transfer and promoting scientific results. Funded as part of the France 2030 programme and operated by the ANR and Bpifrance, the PUI is supported by CISAM and the Amidex Foundation to stimulate innovation and economic development in the PACA region.
Mis à jour le 15 April 2025