{"id":148655,"date":"2025-11-26T13:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group-gac.com\/?p=148655"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:57:44","slug":"concours-innovation-ilab-28e-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/group-gac.com\/en\/ilab-innovation-contest-28th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative startups: The i-Lab 2026 competition is now open. Apply before February 3!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"148655\" class=\"elementor elementor-148655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561103f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"561103f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abdde8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6abdde8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d74dc95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d74dc95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8688c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8688c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the i-Lab Innovation Contest?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c88d252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c88d252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpifrance.fr\/nos-appels-a-projets-concours\/concours-dinnovation-i-lab\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/group-gac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGOS-CLIENTS-17.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-403765\" alt=\"The i-Lab 2026 competition is now open\" srcset=\"https:\/\/group-gac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGOS-CLIENTS-17.png 500w, https:\/\/group-gac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGOS-CLIENTS-17-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/group-gac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGOS-CLIENTS-17-18x3.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b7dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5b7dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 1999, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research <strong>organizes each year<\/strong> a competition to create innovative, sustainable technology companies in France: the <strong>i-Lab innovation competition<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p>The aim of i-Lab is to detect and support business projects - <strong>pre-creation or start-up phase<\/strong> - with significant potential for growth and impact from <strong>innovative technologies<\/strong>. Bpifrance and its partners provide additional financial support.<\/p><p>Financing <strong>supports the R&amp;D program and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/group-gac.com\/en\/service\/marketing-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">market research<\/a><\/span> related to it<\/strong>. Visit <strong>terms and conditions of support for the i-Lab competition<\/strong> are :<\/p><ul><li>The <strong>eligible expenditure is limited to \u20ac1 M<\/strong><\/li><li>Assistance is provided in the form of <strong>grants up to a maximum of 600 k\u20ac.<\/strong>for a maximum project duration of 3 years.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a54e6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a54e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Am I eligible for i-Lab?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2977b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2977b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our experts are here to answer them. 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The applicant must be a shareholder in the company.<\/li><li><strong>At the project stage<\/strong> (prior to company creation)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ae432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ae432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The project must involve an innovative, sustainable technology with an established proof of concept.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449306a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"449306a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In their i-Lab application, project leaders must :<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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