Monday May 14th, 2018

Research Projects Financed in 2018 by the Chimie Balard Cirimat Carnot Institute

Each year, the Chimie Balard Cirimat Carnot Institute financially supports scientific research projects proposed by its members. This funding contributes to maintaining the scientific excellence of its research groups.

In 2018, 6 projects were funded, after a rigorous and competitive selection process: 2 doctoral contracts and 4 projects presenting a high risk/high valorisation potential. Let’s take a closer look.

Doctoral Contracts: supporting scientific research and encouraging interactions within the Institute

Within the framework of doctoral contracts, our Carnot Institute supports scientific research projects co-directed by researchers from Montpellier and Toulouse. The goal is to encourage synergy between the two sites of the Chimie Balard Cirimat Carnot Institute.

The selected projects are fundamental research (TRL 1–3) inspired by technological issues or prospective studies, with the goal of medium-to-long term applications. The results of the research should address an industrial need.

Two projects were funded this year:

ECO-device THERMOELECtric, proposed by Emmanuel Flahaut (CIRIMAT) and Mickaël Beaudhuin (Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier)
Model of the surface of organosilica membranes, proposed by Thomas Duguet (CIRIMAT) and Vincent Rouessac (Institut Européen des Membranes)

 

High Risk/High Valorisation Potential: projects with a high impact for the development of new skills or technologies

The funding of projects presenting both a high risk and a high potential for valorisation aims to support research that will have an impact on the 3-to-5-year scale.

The objective here is to contribute to industrial innovation, based on research having a clearly identified market sector. The projects must demonstrate the potential for high impact, in connection with socio-economic partners.

Four projects were funded for 2018:

MicropepSigel, Synthesis of innovative functional and biodegradable microspheres obtained from hydrogels and silylated biomolecules, and their shaping in a microfluidic system, proposed by Corine Tourné-Péteilh (Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier) and Gilles Subra (Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron)
Continuous flow synthesis of monovalent and multivalent iminosugars by eletrochemical glycosilation, proposed by Françoise Serein-Spirau (Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier)
Electrochemically active conducting membranes for a zero-waste technology, proposed by Marc Cretin (Institut Européen des Membranes)
Smart membranes with adjustable pore size from covalent organic frameworks, proposed by Mona Semsarilar (Institut Européen des Membranes)

To learn more about the research carried out in the Chimie Balard Cirimat Carnot Institute, go to the pages describing our R&D expertise in Chemistry, Materials and Processes