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Sectors, Resources, Territories Pole (FRT)

Sectors, Resources, Territories Pole (FRT)

Structuring and sizing the research/innovation continuum in French Guiana 

 

At the University of French Guyana (UG)

Valorization and transfer pole « Pupitre »

The FRT pole took part in the creation of the University Partnership, Innovation, Results Transfer and Entrepreneurship Pole (called "Pupitre"), led by the DIRVED (Direction de l'Internationale, de la Recherche, de la Valorisation et des Études Doctorales).

This new structure is part of a “techno-push” approach to :

1. Liaise with the socio-professional world through two missions: 

  • raising awareness of the value-added potential of UG researchers and partner research organizations, 
  • innovation detection missions in laboratories, in conjunction with research unit innovation correspondents

2. Promoting doctoral students' employability

3. Managing intellectual property

The results have been conclusive, and the pole is now operational. In particular, it has supported the filing of a patent application relating to the work of one of our doctoral students in the field of eco-materials, Lily Walter.

Amazonian Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainable Innovation " AIBSI "

With the development of the UG's Research, Innovation and Higher Education in Amazonian Territories (RIESTA) project, co-constructed with the region's research organizations, French Guiana has entered a new phase in the structuring of its research and innovation ecosystem. This structuring work has continued with the establishment of the Amazon Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Innovation (AIBSI), which was awarded the PIA Excellence at the end of 2022. 

With its “Biodiversity and Sustainable Innovation in Amazonia” signature, the AIBSI is a strategic lever enabling the UG to position itself as the European University of Amazonia, and to create a new site dynamic in research-training-value-added-innovation. 

With the support of partner research organizations (a membership agreement has been signed with the UMR's supervisory bodies in 2023), the project is based on fundamental research around four key objectives, placing EcoFoG at the heart of these major challenges:

  • preserving biodiversity
  • sustainable food
  • global health
  • eco-building

The results are conclusive: a first call for projects launched in 2023 resulted in the funding of 13 research projects, including 5 for EcoFoG, a scientific chair obtained by EcoFoG for the PAC axis, as well as two doctoral grants, including one for EcoFoG: Léonie ROSAY. 

At the regional level of the Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane

Bioinspired Engineering Center « CIBIG »

The FRT pole participated in the creation of CIBIG. Co-sponsored by GDI (Guyane développement innovation, an agency of the CTG) and the University of Guyana, CIBIG aims to promote the value of research by networking research actors and deploying R&D products and services in the eco-construction, plant-based chemistry and sustainable food sectors using market pull approaches.

Consortium agreements were signed in 2023 between the various partners, with the aim of pooling knowledge and/or know-how and equipment (technical transfer platforms) to support and monitor project leaders (TRL, Technology Readiness Level).

  • Start-up

Our unit is currently working with a young start-up (Hyflex) to produce myco-materials for conventional and bioclimatic construction in French Guiana. Winner of the FEDER Innovation call for projects in 2024, the start-up will work in collaboration with researchers from our unit's BUT axis to develop panels to replace plasterboard and OSB, valorizing agricultural and forestry waste (sawdust and shavings) for the production of plant fibers associated with mycelial strains serving as binders for plant fibers. Hyflex Manager : Joachim Bonifay

  • Competition Big'Inn

Maéva Leroy  completed her thesis in the BUT axis on the valorization of small-diameter round wood for construction under the supervision of Julie Bossu, CNRS. In 2024, she won the Big'Inn competition. She is currently supported by CIBIG in her search for funding and in the creation of her entrepreneurial project.