On September 17, discover the nominees selected for the 2019 edition of the Hauts-de-France Force Awards and Researcher-Entrepreneur Challenges.
As in 2018, SATT Nord is partnering with Groupe AEF Info, CNRS, and the National Network of Doctoral Colleges (RNCD) to encourage entrepreneurial projects and bring together academic research and the business world through the organization of the Force Awards Hauts-de-France and Chercheurs Entrepreneurs Challenges.
The Force Awards Hauts-de-France competition aims toencourage the creation of partnerships between academic research and businesses by promoting exemplary approaches and recognizing teams and candidates with remarkable innovative projects in the Hauts-de-France region.
The Force Awards recognize the best in innovation through two prizes:
- Force Partners:rewards joint academic/business partnership research projects
- Doc'Forcerewards theses written in collaboration with a company.
THE PRIZE? A cash prize of €3,000 to €10,000!
The Researchers-Entrepreneurs Challenges competition brings together two initiatives promoting entrepreneurship: "Doctorate Holders-Entrepreneurs: when Doctorate Holders create value" and "Start-up Connection: meetings between investors and researchers-entrepreneurs."
These two initiatives were certified in 2015 as part of the call for projects on the "culture of entrepreneurship and innovation" initiative of the "Investment for the Future" program.