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The ICRI, the Invisible R&D Capital Index

Measure the scientific capital of your R&D, draw an action plan from it, and make it defensible before an executive committee, a partner or an investor.

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The ICRI on video

Understanding the ICRI in two minutes.

What the ICRI measures, how it is built on five pillars and a score out of 100, and the two levels of diagnostic on offer.

Film in French, 2 minutes 14 seconds.

What we offer.

Measuring with the ICRI, implementing its priorities through consulting, training your teams. Consulting always builds on an ICRI: you can stop after the first, but you do not start with the second.

ICRI Essential

An assessment of your R&D capital.

  • An overall score out of 100 and five sub-scores.
  • A reading of each pillar: strengths, points to watch.
  • Three recommendations per pillar, with the expected gains.
  • Preparation for funding and labels.

ICRI Strategic

The in-depth diagnostic.

  • A cross-pillar analysis: imbalances, bottlenecks, under-exploited assets.
  • The classification of each asset, project, partner and skill.
  • An interactive map of your research environment.
  • Desk research and costed scenarios.
  • A roadmap at 6, 18 and 36 months.
Reading a diagnostic report
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The ICRI, the Invisible R&D Capital Index

A barometer for reading and steering your research, even without a formal laboratory or a patent in your name. For innovative companies, laboratories and public bodies.

  • A questionnaire with 26 indicatorsOnline, to complete at your own pace with automatic saving, with the data guide and the calculation method for each one.
  • A score out of 100 and five sub-scoresScientific human, technological and know-how, relational and reputation, opportunity, societal and environmental.
  • A decision-oriented reportReading by pillar, reference thresholds, action priorities and expected gains with their time horizon.
  • A dated, sourced and verifiable documentReady to use on an executive committee and with partners, funders and investors.
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Workshop with an R&D team
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Research valorisation consulting

Moving from your ICRI results to decisions. For R&D and innovation departments, laboratories and public bodies.

  • Audit of the selected assetsPatents, software, data, know-how, prototypes: the maturity and potential of each one.
  • Choice of valorisation routesLicensing, partnership, company creation, public funding.
  • Decision workshopsWith your teams, to set the priorities and carry them through.
  • Introductions and follow-upTechnology transfer offices, incubators, industrial companies, funders, until the next ICRI.
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Training session with research teams
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Training

Two training courses for researchers, doctoral students, students and R&D teams, with a certificate for each participant.

  • Introduction to starting a companyA blended course to go from a research result to a business project.
  • Science communication trainingTalking about your work to every audience, from journalists to decision-makers.
Starting a companyScience communication

How an ICRI works.

Five steps, from the questionnaire to the progress review with your teams, which you will find in exactly the same form in your personal space.

  1. You complete the online questionnaire at your own pace.
  2. Cortex and its team analyse your answers and public sources.
  3. The results are presented to you by video call.
  4. Your reports are sent to you and remain in your personal space.
  5. One month later, a meeting to take stock with your teams.

Start with the indicative diagnostic, in six questions.

Two minutes, no commitment, results on screen. One question per pillar, to place your organisation before the full ICRI.

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