INRA Transfert Environnement objectives

INRA Transfert Environment works on the following topics:

• Tackling pollution, treating water and managing waste
• Agro-bioprocesses
• Biomass/bioenergy
• Agri-environment

INRA Transfert Environment devotes a large portion of its operations to the direct implementation of services and resources for applicants. To this end the business unit performs:

• Analysis services:
• Environmental, physical, chemical and biochemical analyses (solid, liquid or gaseous matrices; cultivated soil; and contaminated soil) and measurements of biodegradability and biological activity (anaerobic digestion potential, AT4 respiratory activity, refractory chemical oxygen demand etc.)
• Microbiological and molecular analyses (measurements of microbial biodiversity, microbiological quality of soil, high-throughput sequencing, quantitative PCR etc.)
• Experimental services:
• Definition and execution of customised experimental protocols
• Pilot-scale tests:biological and/or physico-chemical processes
• Microbiological studies: identification and monitoring of micro-organisms in their environment using molecular techniques
• Appraisal services, start-up assistance, monitoring and optimisation of industrial clean-up installations (anaerobic digestion unit, sewage plant etc.). INRA Transfert Environment also offers training, education and support services to businesses
• Organisation of training sessions, theme days, symposiums and conferences
• Assistance with integrating new technologies into the company
• Technology intelligence and bibliographic summaries
• Support with collaborative R&D projects or industrial projects (definition of objectives, specifications, identification of partners, monitoring and project management).

As a resource and transfer centre, the business unit is part of the Carnot 3BCar Institute (bioenergy, biomolecules and biomaterials for renewable carbon). INRA Transfert Environment is recognised as a Research Institution by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and is accredited under the Research Tax Credit.The terms of this incentive enable companies that hire the services of organisations such as INRA Transfert to qualify for Research Tax Credit eligibility equal to 200% of the amount of the outsourced research and development.

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