The Initiative of excellence label (Idex)
The Idex project Université Grenoble Alpes: university of innovation was awarded the "Initiative d'excellence" label in 2016 by the government as part of the national investment program for the future (PIA). This distinction is reserved for a dozen university sites in France.
Actions
In numbers
Research and development:
- 44% of researchers involved in Idex projects
- 92% of laboratories involved in at least 1 Idex project
- 13 Idex chairs
- 6 Idex-supported positions, including 4 in Human and Social Sciences
- 124 ERCs since 2007
- Top 100 in the Shanghai ranking (2020)
- 32% of staff involved in Idex projects
- 1/3 of projects involve SHS disciplines
- 1,600 hours of pedagogical engineering
- 759 Master's scholarships (international students)
- 76 summer schools
- 78 projects funded with 230 partners
- 80 culture and scientific and technical culture projects
- 12 exceptional conferences since 2016