The Carnot scheme has enabled us to structure, federate and animate the 10 research units that make up our Carnot, and above all to promote their numerous and multidisciplinary areas of expertise for the benefit of business innovation!
Imagine an industrial company facing a complex challenge, such as helping the population engage in physical activity to counteract the harmful effects of sedentary lifestyles—yet in a world that is becoming increasingly hot and polluted.
How can this new benefit–risk balance be assessed? On which populations? With what technological means?
This is precisely the purpose of the Carnot program: to create consortia of research laboratories that can provide manufacturers with the scientific elements on which to build their development and innovation. And, above all, to make these consortia visible, with clearly identified contact points. This approach works when the consortium is specifically designed to address the needs of a defined industrial sector.
This is how Carnot STAR has become a research structure clearly recognized by companies in the sport, sport-health, and sport-wellness sectors. The Carnot framework has made it possible to structure, unite, and support the 10 research units that make up our Carnot—and, most importantly, to promote their rich and multidisciplinary expertise for the benefit of corporate innovation!
At a time when the Carnot program appears to be under threat, the results are remarkable!
Carnot STAR has seen its contractual revenues rise steadily, to pass the €4 million mark by 2024, with over 60 CIFRE theses currently in progress.
But the results are also positive for the consortium's member research units, in the sense that the funding received has been used in full accordance with the site's overall policy:
We take charge of premature projects, which are then financed as maturation projects by SATT Sud-Est if they are of interest, with excellent results, both for researchers and for the valorization of intellectual property by our supervisory bodies.
Strengthening the HR of 10 of our platforms most used by our industrial partners, again in consultation with the supervisory authorities to allocate resources effectively.
Financing of collective, multi-disciplinary scientific resourcing projects to demonstrate our research capacity on complex projects.
Carnot STAR is a fine example of a structure set up and developed for business innovation in sport and physical activity, which would not have seen the light of day without Carnot!