FINANCE
Public funding schemes
CLARA : proof of concept / emergence / Cancer Nano Transfert
Goals:
To develop partnerships between academic, clinical and industrial environments from Rhone-Alpes & Auvergne regions in the framework innovative high-potential project leading to a Proof of Concept and an industrial transfer.
Funding is for academic partners under non-refundable grants, covering:
- The additional costs of CLARA’s academic partners
- Their industrial sucontractings, within 50% of the total funding
3 categories of projects :
> Industrial Proof of Concept: need an industrial partnership
- Funding of the academic partner : maximum amount spent by the industrial partner
- Funding of the industrial partner : to ask to other partners such as OSEO or private investors, with the possible support of CLARA.
> Emergence: need a partnership with ante-creation companies or a tech transfer organization
> Cancer Nano Transfer: need a partnership with a clinical and/or biological team and a team of nanotechnology
Specific topics: nanomedicine application in the oncology field, especially biomarkers and in particular medical devices for the collection of biological samples including blood, preparation of samples possibly thanks to "lab-on-chip and broadband molecular analysis.
14 projects selected since 2005 corresponding to a €18M budget
€4.8 million provided by the CLARA + €13 million by 11 industrial partners
Sixth call since February 2010
Contact: Laurent Levy, Finance and Tech Transfer Director
llevy@canceropole-clara.com
