Funded projects

Managed by the Funded Projects cluster, financed collaborative projects bring together several partners - public and private, academic, industrial and institutional - to work together on one or more given themes. Each partner contributes according to its own expertise. In particular, these projects enable faster access to exploitable results through a wider range of skills, network development through risk-sharing, and financial support.

National projects

NanoElec

Multi-annual - PIA/ANR
The IRT Nanoelec conducts a program of technological development and dissemination in the information and communication technologies sector, for the direct benefit of companies, particularly SMEs / ETIs, in all sectors.

Smart Energy Systems Campus: towards zero-carbon transition

23/09/2020 - 22/09/2026
PIA 3 territories of pedagogical innovation / Campus des métiers et des qualifications
This project aims to anticipate new skills needs and new learning methods for multi-energy and digital transition professions.
Built around a sector of activity that corresponds to the challenges facing society at national and regional level, the Campus contributes to the economic development of the region and the competitiveness of new industrial sectors. These privileged links with training structures (public/private) make it easier to welcome learners into the company (initial and continuing training).

Backed by a network of over thirty partners in Grenoble and the Voironnais region (secondary and higher education establishments, research structures, companies, local authorities, competitiveness clusters), the campus aims to be the gateway to a continuum of initial and continuing training courses, from CAP to PhD, in the fields of excellence of the energy transition.

ETIC: Effects of Digital Images on Consumers

01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025
ANR
The ETIC project (EffeTs des Images digitales sur les Consommateurs) studies the negative influences on individuals of digital advertising and promotional images. Individuals are analyzed in their dual hypostasis, as consumers of images on screens and as distributors of images on social networks. The aim is to analyze the consequences of marketing strategies (attractive and distracting power of images, personification, repeated exposure) on cognitive costs and psychological defense mechanisms, problem behaviors, negatively charged emotions and other psychological disorders. The project's originality lies in the analysis of correspondences and divergences in strategies between marketing professionals and Internet users who engage in self-promotion on social networks. The aim of the project is to define recommendations for reducing these negative effects in particular, through awareness-raising initiatives.
 

Transition Barometer

20/12/2021 - 19/04/2024
ADEME
The aim of the Transitions Barometer is to find out about the practices, behaviors and representations of Grenoble's residents with regard to social issues, to enable institutions to take more effective action in terms of environmental policies and local public action. Find out more about the Transitions Barometer
 

International projects

Catching-Up along the Global Value Chain

01/05/2018-30/04/2024 - UE 
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 - H2020 CATCHAIN: models, determinants and policy implications in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
CatChain is a project built on a multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral exchange program focused on unravelling the process of Catching-up from different sectoral perspectives both at country and firm level. It analyses the role of business models in entering, learning and upgrading the Global Value Chain, aiming at recognising the determinants and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises in being part of a globalised economy. The outcome of the project will be the definition of policy tools and frameworks to support effective policy- making actions in the implementation of Research and Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategy, with respect to the new agenda of Europe 2020, with a focus on low-income EU countries.

Entrepreneurial Management for Fostering Innovation and Talents

01/01/2020 - 30/09/2025 - UE H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 - EM4FIT
EM4FIT aims to better understand entrepreneurial management practices both from an individual (intra-organisational) as well as comparative market perspective (inter- organisational). Research will be carried out with an emphasis on the impact of institutions and context on the EU. With the exchange among 16 partners from four continents and between the academic and non-academic sector, EM4FIT brings together knowledge from advanced as well as emerging markets to further understand how entrepreneurs and managers create successful businesses and foster growth. The generated knowledge will be disseminated around the world to enhance the impact of the European entrepreneurial spirit.

Smart Tools for Railway work safEty and performAnce iMprovement

01/12/2020 - 31/07/2023
S2RJU-2020 - S2R-OC-IP3-03-2020 Advanced tools and equipment: collaborative robots & wearable mobile machines
H2020 - STREAM
STREAM is a collaborative project involving 8 partners from 5 EU Countries with the common goal to develop 2 innovative technologies to improve rail inspection and maintenance operations. The goal is to improve working methods by modernizing and introducing robotic systems, but at the same time improve safety of workers, thus creating benefits in workers' health and quality of life at work.
Researchers and engineers will develop sensors, actuators for hydraulic systems and control software, which will allow on-track machines to conduct multi-purpose autonomous operations, and modular active exoskeletons to reduce the risk of injury by assisting workers in heavy activities.

AI-Bility: Cultivating AI Awareness in Schoolchildren

01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
ERASMUS+ - Further information
We observe the abundance of smart toys, adaptive learning applications, and digital assistants for schoolchildren on the market. These products are artificial intelligence (AI) based conversational agents that can communicate using natural language. The current pandemic challenge probably plays an important role in promoting their adoption. The truth is, however inconvenient, that we still don't know much about how schoolchildren harness these AI-based conversational agents for their benefits. Because of the way they are designed (i.e., real touchable physique versus digital character), schoolchildren may have different kinds of interaction and experience with them. Moreover, they may be perceived differently because of their appearances (i.e., pet-like and human-like characteristics).

This project addresses a discussion that is likely to become more glaring in the next years, due to the increasing adoption of in AI-based conversational agents for learning and leisure activities. We focus on 11 to 13 years old schoolchildren in Liechtenstein, Germany, and France. In this age group, they begin to learn abstract reasoning (Jean Piaget's concreate and formal operational stage) and develop belief in their own ability to solve tasks together with a sense of identity in relation to their social others (Erik Erikson's stages 4 and 5 of psychosocial development).

We also take into account the concerns about digital divide between schoolchildren and their caregivers, a cultural gap between digital natives and digital immigrants. By understanding how schoolchildren perceive and interact with conversational agents, we can equip parents and teachers with hands-on know-how in guiding schoolchildren to develop a mindful and healthy interaction with AI-based conversational agents.

EpilepsyPOWER: Epilepsy People inclusion Overcoming Workplaces European marginalization

01/02/2022 - 31/01/2025
ERASMUS+ 
The ambitious objectives of EpilepsyPOWER project aim at improving people with epilepsy (PwE) opportunities of inclusion in the job market. Project's target groups are on one hand - people with epilepsy and on the other hand - HEI's staff and end-users: professors, university staff, placement officers, students, entrepreneurs/managers attending MBA/Executive courses, adult people employed in organizations, recruiters, HR experts and recruitment agencies.
To achieve its objective, the consortium will develop five project results: Operational framework and learning methodology, integrated online platform for digital integrated learning multilevel cooperation and resources sharing, collaborative labs for best practices, learning contents and classroom guidelines and assessment online tool and epilepsy label.

Helping women entrepreneurs manage the growth of their innovative SMEs

01/01/2022-31/12/2023
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères / Consulat Général de France au Québec - Programme Samuel de Champlain
The project consists of a training program aimed at two clienteles of women entrepreneurs: those in the process of setting up a business who would benefit from incorporating innovation and internationalization dimensions into their business model at an early stage, and those with a small business that needs to integrate innovation and internationalization dimensions to ensure its sustainability.
 

ANR Cross-PASSE

01/03/2023-31/08/2025 - Further information 
Cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) have emerged as an important means to address pressing societal challenges: based on the collaboration across business, public, and civil society sectors, CSPs are expected to enable greater social effectiveness (i.e. addressing the social challenge and fostering positive societal impact) than unilateral or intra-sector actions. While previous studies in management research have examined the challenge of aligning diverse partner interests and ways of working in CSPs, insights into their social effectiveness remain surprisingly scarce. Initial evidence however suggests that CSPs do not necessarily live up to their potential, such as by failing to deliver on their targeted goals or by provoking beneficiary dependence. Read more 
 

How Strategic Actors Shape the Future of Extended Reality.

National Research Agency (NRA): This research project explores the complex mechanisms of emerging markets in the dynamic field of extended reality (XR). We examine how companies navigate between opportunities and challenges to shape the future of XR. ANR funded over three years, we collaborate with the University of St. Gallen to identify the strategies and tactics that companies employ in emerging XR markets. We investigate how to create value for customers, stakeholders, and society and develop innovations that help them gain a competitive advantage. More information on ANR Metavation. More information on NRA Metavation