4. Acronyms

CNRS: French National Center for Scientific Research.

INSERM: French National Institute for Health and Medical Research.

SATT: technology transfer acceleration companies.

PIA: Programme investissement d'avenir.

CGI: Commissariat Général à l'Investissement.

FNV: Fonds national de valorisation.

MESR: Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

OTT: Office of Technology Transfer.

ANR: French National Research Agency.

IRT: Institute for Technological Research.

IEED: instituts d'excellence en énergie décabonisée, replaced by ITE, instituts en transition énergétique in 2014.

PRES: research and higher education clusters....