Research transfer reform to boost competitiveness

By Jane Marshall. Geneviève Fioraso, France’s minister for higher education and research, has announced plans for restructuring public research to make transfer of its personnel, expertise and technology to industry easier, and thus promote innovation, competitiveness and employment.
The transfer reform includes facilitating researcher mobility between the public and private sectors and introducing courses in innovation and entrepreneurship for researchers.
Fioraso said the policy was part of the government’s global strategy in favour of research, which was geared to consistently support basic research and develop technological research. More...