The Vice-President for Research-Innovation

The Vice-President for Research-Innovation is in charge:

1.  Research:
1.1 Management of research programmes 
 

follows up national and international calls for projects and mobilises research structures to submit proposals; 
provides the necessary support to the research structures for setting up their projects and setting up the required consortia; 
ensures the administrative and financial management and monitoring of ongoing research projects and programmes, in coordination with the relevant departments of the University;
monitors research programmes at national and international level;
prepares the annual budget of the UEMF Technology Platform and the rules for the use of equipment ; 
collects information from UEMF research structures and prepares monitoring reports.
 
1.2. Steering of research 
 

is setting up a research management control system at the University;
organises the internal and external evaluation of the University's research activities;
prepares a draft annual report on the University's research activities;
establishes and updates indicators and an annual benchmark of the University's research system performance;
sets up a quality management system for the University's research activities;
develops and disseminates health and safety standards for research at UEMF by organising courses for all UEMF researchers;
organises the annual Research Day at UEMF ;
coordinates the activities of the Euromed Research Centre;
coordinates the activities of the Doctoral Studies Centre.
 
2. Transfer and innovation:
2.1. Transfer and valuation 

conducts scientific and technological intelligence activities as well as economic intelligence activities;
Prospects, negotiates, drafts and manages research contracts;
carries out any action aimed at facilitating the transfer of research results to socio-economic circles;
assists, together with the University's legal affairs department, in the preparation and negotiation of contracts for research and services carried out by the University's research structures;
monitors research contracts and ensures compliance with contractual clauses;
sets up a system for protecting research results at UEMF;
ensures the filing of Patents for the protection of research results;
manages and exploits UEMF's patent portfolio. 
 
2.1 Innovation.
 

sets up the research prize, the thesis prize and the innovation prize (standards, organisation and award procedures);
protects, to the extent possible, the University's research work with intellectual property titles;
assists in the drafting of descriptive memoranda of inventions and provides advice on intellectual property matters;
develops the entrepreneurial spirit within the University through appropriate awareness and training programmes;
brings out projects for the creation of innovative companies, in particular by valorising the University's intellectual property titles;
negotiates licenses for the exploitation of the University's research results;
monitors start-up projects and attracts young companies to join the University's incubator;
coordinates the activities of the University's innovation structures.