Newsletter #29
December 4th, 2025

Dear Carole,

Once again, we had the pleasure of welcoming nearly 200 participants to our symposium last week. If you were among those present, we thank you for your active participation and your warm enthusiasm! This event was once again a great success. 

You will have to wait for the next newsletter for the photo gallery and the conference recordings

Pint of Science 2025
We are looking for speakers and organisers for our Pint of Science 2025 edition, May 18 to 20!
👉you want to talk about your science?
👉you don't feel like talking (yet!) but you want to start getting involved?

Innovation at BioConvS

Join the Innovators of Tomorrow

 Tools, networking, mentorship and courses to help young researchers take their first steps in innovation.

 Shared Resources from DIM BioConvS

Platform Directory in the Paris Region to Foster Collaboration

Do you need equipment or expertise from a technological platform or a life sciences facility to advance your research? The DIM BioConvS directory helps you identify the appropriate structures in the Île-de-France region.

More innovation events

Appel à candidatures Shaker: From idea to innovative startup!

Call for applications: December 2025 – February 2026

Ready to move from idea to innovation?
With Shaker, take the first step and bring your project to life!

Shaker offers 6 months of early-stage support for anyone looking to turn a biotech idea into a concrete project in health or the bioeconomy.
We provide the tools, structure, and expertise you need to build your strategy and validate your POC.

Might interest you

Call for projects from the Paris Biofoundry focus in synthetic biology.

As part of a SESAME program under the France 2030 initiative and co-funded: Scientific call for projects from the Paris biofoundry focusing on innovative approaches in synthetic biology.

This call is open from December 1, 2025 to February 20, 2026, with project work starting as early as June 2026.

 Project leaders benefit from:
• 50% coverage of experimental costs, up to a total budget of €100,000
(50% funded by the Paris Biofoundry 50% co-funding required from the applicant),
• access to a dedicated engineer who will carry out on-site experiments using the Paris Biofoundry’s automated workflows.

The two-step transnational call brings together 36 funding organisations from 28 countries. It will support new therapeutic options (combinations of antimicrobials, adjuvants) and improved adherence to existing protocols to combat antimicrobial resistance (bacteria, fungi). Projects must involve at least 3 eligible partners from 3 different countries (including 2 European countries), with a maximum of 6 partners (7 if a young researcher or a partner from certain countries is included). Companies are encouraged to participate. The ANR will fund the French partners.

Budget: maximum of €250k per partner, €330k if coordinator, €450k per project

Duration: 3 years

Deadlines:

Pre-proposals call closes: 2 February 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Full proposals: 17 June 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

MOOC Innover avec la recherche publique 

The MOOC "Innovating with public research" produced by SATT Ouest Valorisation and the C.U.R.I.E Network is an online certification training course that covers all aspects of the valorization of research work. It is aimed at researchers and doctoral students as part of their awareness of the valorization of their research results. The new certification session starts on November 17!

i-Lab Innovation Competition.

Call for applications: 25thNovember 2025 – 3rd February 2026

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