Concours d'innovation i-PhD
Supports State innovation competition for deeptech researcher entrepreneurs coaching visibility prize.
About
Concours d'innovation i-PhD is Bpifrance's state-backed competition for young researchers in France, run under France 2030. It is aimed at doctoral candidates from the second year onward and recent PhDs who want to build a deeptech startup from their research. The 2026 edition is the seventh, and the program sits upstream of i-Lab in Bpifrance's deeptech ladder.
The prize is not a cash award. Win…
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