FranceResearch Institution, Public Institution

Bourse French Tech LAB

Bourse French Tech LAB

Funding Amount

€30K - €120K

Eligible Organization Types

Research Institution, Public Institution

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What is the Bourse French Tech LAB Call?

Grant Description
The call provides subsidy support to finance complementary non-technical structuring work on innovative deeptech projects carried by founding members of University Innovation Poles, with the aim of preparing and facilitating successful start-up creation and market access.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

- Strengthened non-technical project structuring leading to mature, investable deeptech business propositions.
• Robust business plans, validated market entry strategies and IP roadmaps.
• Ready-to-launch start-up entities with clear governance and fundraising trajectories.
• Accelerated time-to-market and improved potential for follow-on private or public investment.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

- Applicant: founders of a Pôle Universitaire d’Innovation (PUI), recognized as Organisme de Recherche et de Diffusion de la Connaissance (ORDC), whose core activities are predominantly non-economic.
• Project: innovative deeptech technology project already funded by the ORDC member of the PUI (pre-existing financing mandatory).
• Funding request: between €30 000 and €120 000, not to exceed the amount already granted by the ORDC on the same project.
• Duration: up to 24 months from grant signature.
• Eligible costs: only those directly related to non-technological structuring work; costs must be incurred within the project period.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

- Grant (subvention) only; no equity or repayable advances.
• No application fees, no instruction fees.
• Aid scheme designed as “hors aide d’État” (outside State aid framework).
• No financial guarantees or collateral required.
• The total BFT LAB funding per project cannot exceed the ORDC’s prior commitment.

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