Sponsorship
University Foundations
What does the university foundation do?
This foundation gives funding to projects of general interest which respect the specifications set out for Higher Education missions.
Example : SupAgro Foundation, founded in 2009, is the University Foundation of Montpellier SupAgro
Their role is to unite businesses, partner institutes, current students and former students in a movement to progress together towards developing responses to agricultural issues while finding opportunities of employment for students and promoting pedagogical innovation, scientific innovation and technical innovation. For Example:
Skills and knowhow are highlighted through the Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agrosystems' Chair 'AgroSYS'
Solidarity between generations and with the south are enhanced by international grants 'bourses internationales d'excellence' and the social action fund, 'FAS'.
Innovation, knowledge sharing, and innovative business creation projects are helped through the 'Graines d'Agro' Competition awards
Prospecting, developing, negotiating, a pubic & private scientific watch, with the think tank 'Semences, Vigne & Vin'
For further information: http://www.supagro.fr/fondation/
Business Chairs
A business can sign a 3 to 6 year engagement to donate a substantial amount in order to support development and research activities and teaching in a specific sector which interests the donator (1 -3 million € per chair in Centrale Paris, for example).
Example : AgroSYS Chair
AgroSYS is made up of five business partners with the same level of sponsorship: 90,000 € for 3 years. The businesses are of different size and work in different fields of activity.
The framework for AgroSYS and the running of the Chair are the responsability of Montpellier SupAgro. The goal is to work for and with the agro-ecology students to reinforce professional skills. Life long learning courses are created for the business employees and/or students.
For further information: http://www.supagro.fr/fondation/chaireagrosys.html
