Responding effectively to strategic national calls for proposals for industry
In addition to the collaborative R&D carried out as part of the France 2030 projects, IRT Jules Verne has been actively involved since 2022 in responding to calls for proposals for strategic national projects for industry.
The objective remains the same: to accelerate industrial transformation in France and create a positive, tangible impact for key sectors by utilising appropriate national public funding programmes such as ADEME, BPI France, ANR and NExT Nantes Université…
IRT Jules Verne has already secured 7 projects through calls for proposals, representing €7.5 million in subsidised activity and a positive impact identified in the nuclear energy, marine renewable energy, shipbuilding, construction and aeronautics sectors.
- Simplified access to strategic national calls for proposals for industrial innovation and to tailored public funding schemes for innovation
- Practical support to respond effectively to calls for proposals
- Unparalleled expertise and resources for innovation in manufacturing
- The ability to bring together consortia , drawing on a dense industrial and academic network
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The strengths of IRT Jules Verne in relation to national calls for proposals
Our strengths
- Active monitoring of national calls for proposals, drawing on the ecosystems of the competitiveness clusters.
- The ability to promote strategic topics to funding bodies, focusing on issues of industrial sovereignty and innovation.
- Expertise in analysing tender specifications to develop competitive proposals.
- The ability to bring together strategic and complementary national consortia.
- Solid experience in managing complex multi-partner projects.
- Cutting-edge industrial expertise and resources, unique in France, extending to full-scale industrial demonstrators.
IRT Jules Verne’s R&D and project management applied to industrial calls for proposalss
Drawing on its technological expertise, its experience in managing complex multi-partner projects and its network of industrial and academic partners, the institute supports the development of forward-looking solutions in key areas such as robotics, welding, monitoring, tooling and composite processes, modelling and simulation.
IRT Jules Verne identifies, structures and leads competitive responses to strategic calls for proposals issued by organisations such as the ANR, ADEME, Bpifrance, the University of Nantes and France 2030. This approach has already enabled the Institute to secure €7.5 million in funding, with a positive impact on major industrial sectors: energy, nuclear power, marine renewable energy, shipbuilding, construction and aeronautics.
- The PERFECTJET project, winner of Nantes University’s NExT “Innovez” call for proposals.
Responding effectively to national calls for proposals for industry
- 01 Identifying opportunities The institute actively monitors national calls for proposals. This monitoring draws on its network and the ecosystem of competitiveness clusters.
- 02 Assessing calls for proposals The terms of reference are analysed to identify key requirements. This analysis enables the Institute to develop competitive proposals, either as a partner or as a coordinator.
- 03 Positioning strategic topics The Institute promotes promising future topics in manufacturing to its network of funders. The targeted themes focus on industrial sovereignty and innovation.
- 04 Building the consortium IRT Jules Verne brings together strategic and complementary national partners. The consortium comprises industrial clients, system integrators and academic partners.
- 05 Developing a robust approach The institute draws on its experience of complex multi-partner projects. Its organisational maturity meets the requirements of public funding.
- 06 Mobilising expertise and deploying distinctive resources IRT Jules Verne provides access to cutting-edge industrial expertise and resources that are unique in France. These enable the development of comprehensive solutions right through to full-scale industrial demonstrators.
Funded national research projects and their impact on French industrial sectors
IRT Jules Verne has already secured over €7.5 million in funding for seven projects selected through national calls for industrial research proposals. These projects cover the fields of robotics, welding, monitoring, tooling and composite processes.
A positive impact on major industrial sectors:
- 01 Energy: nuclear, marine renewable energy
- 02 Shipbuilding
- 03 Construction
- 04 Aeronautics
Leverage 5 areas of industrial expertise for national calls for proposals
Composites
Based near Nantes, the IRT Jules Verne has, since its creation in 2012, developed outstanding expertise in the manufacturing processes for composite parts and structures.
As the core activity that led to its creation, the institute’s expertise in composite materials processes is now recognised at both national and European levels. IRT Jules Verne is also recognised as a key player in the field within international networks, notably JEC World, which has on several occasions recognised the groundbreaking technological innovations developed at the institute.
With a multi-sector technological research team dedicated to composite materials and processes, IRT Jules Verne leads collaborative national and European R&D projects and provides R&D services to address industrial performance challenges, particularly those relating to the manufacture of complex and large-scale structures.
The R&D activities combine the development of innovative processes with product design in order to optimise production costs, meet production rate targets and reduce environmental impact. They cover thermoplastic and thermosetting composite materials, from preforming and shaping through to assembly.
Linking up with IRT Jules Verne’s expertise in modelling and simulation, robotics and process monitoring, the team develops comprehensive solutions, from technical and economic feasibility studies through to full-scale industrial demonstrators.
- Large-scale automated preforming
- Liquid impregnation processes: thick infusion, RTM injection and isothermal CRTM
- Forming processes: thermocompression, stamping/overmolding and non-autoclave consolidation
- Welding of TP composites
Metallic
Metal welding & additive manufacturing
Innovative metal processes are one of the pillars of the technological research carried out at the IRT Jules Verne (Nantes) since 2012. The objective is twofold: to industrialize additive manufacturing technologies (DED-fil and AFSD) and to automate welding assembly (Arc and FSW) by improving productivity and quality.
Supervised by Grégoire Bazin, our technological research team is made up of about fifteen R&D engineers, experts, technicians and PhD students. It develops innovations for metal manufacturing processes based on additive manufacturing and metal welding technologies in liquid and solid state.
The team relies on know-how in metal processes and materials and on state-of-the-art equipment that differentiates it. It works in synergy with the other research teams of the IRT Jules Verne in order to offer global support.
- Automated Metal Welding Assembly
- Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing Using DED Wire (Liquid State)
- AFSD Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing (Solid-State)
- Repair and Reloading
Modelling & Simulation
To enhance the competitiveness of the industrial sector, IRT Jules Verne relies on modeling and numerical simulation of manufacturing processes to address the major challenges facing French industry. Based in Nantes since 2012, the Modelling and Simulation team studies the behavior of structures and manufacturing processes and works on the shaping and assembly of materials. It uses and develops digital tools for its R&D projects and services to size, predict, optimize, and understand.
The objective is clear: to provide reliable data to manufacturers to facilitate decision-making and reduce the time and cost of development.
Led by Stéphanie Colliou, the team consists of 18 R&D engineers, experts, and doctoral students. It has a strong digital culture and is proficient in a wide range of simulation software. Working in collaboration with the institute’s other technological expertise areas, the simulation and modeling work is validated through testing. The team relies on a network of partners to characterize materials and feed data into the models.
- Simulation and optimisation of composite processes
- Simulation and optimisation of metallic processes
- Digital twin of the process
- Assembly and tolerancing
- Thermal management of processes
Monitoring & process control
Develop non-destructive testing of critical parts and monitor manufacturing processes to reduce production costs.
To reduce inspection costs, IRT Jules Verne develops innovative technologies in process monitoring (PHM), non-destructive testing (NDT) and integrated health control (SHM) at its premises in Nantes.
The team also offers the digital tools essential for the automatic real-time analysis of the data collected, in particular by using artificial intelligence to predict the quality of parts, provide feedback on processes, assist the operator in his diagnosis and ensure the digital continuity of all operations in the production range. The solutions developed are then deployed in production and maintenance in the aeronautics, naval, energy and transport sectors.
Led by Nicolas Terrien since 2022, the team is made up of around fifteen experienced experts, PhDs, engineers and R&D technicians and uses cutting-edge technological platforms to carry out its research work.
- Monitoring of manufacturing processes
- Automated and flexible non-destructive testing
- Automatic analysis of inspection and monitoring data
- Integrated health monitoring of structures
Robotics & Cobotics
The flexible and smart industry is taking shape in Nantes, at IRT Jules Verne. Since 2012, our technology team specializing in industrial robotics and cobotics has been developing solutions tailored to the production challenges faced by French manufacturers. These innovations take shape through national and European collaborative research projects and research services.
Our goal: to automate composite and metalworking processes and optimize the deployment of robots in complex industrial environments.
Comprising some twenty experts, engineers, technicians, and doctoral students, the team is led by Sébastien Rubrecht and has access to cutting-edge, proprietary resources, delivering robust and flexible robotic and cobotic solutions. These solutions are designed for rapid industrialization and address the challenges of flexibility, performance, precision, and ergonomics.
At IRT Jules Verne, R&D in robotics and cobotics works in synergy with the institute’s other areas of technological expertise, which specialize in metalworking processes, composite processes, simulation, and process monitoring.
- Automation of composite and metal fabrication processes
- Automated programming
- Precision compliant robotics
- Vision-based control
- Parallel cable robotics
- Localization & navigation of collaborative mobile robots
- Digital factory: diagnostics and optimization of production flows
Find out about the industry-focused calls for proposals in which IRT Jules Verne is involved
Other opportunities for collaboration with the IRT Jules Verne.
- 01 Collaborative projects Work together to develop and carry out collaborative R&D projects in the manufacturing sector. Our offer
- 02 European calls for proposals Join European consortia working in the industry of the future. Our offer
- 03 R&D services Take advantage of our resources and expertise to meet your specific needs. Our offer
- 04 Training Train your teams in the manufacturing technologies of the future. Our offer