IDEXLYON is a winner

The Université de Lyon has been awarded an IDEX Initiative d'Excellence funding - On Friday 24 February 2017, after their final hearing, the international Jury announced the winners of the call for proposals, Initiatives d'Excellence. The Université de Lyon and all its academic, regional and economic partners and stakeholders welcome this recognition, and are grateful to the State and the Jury for their trust and encouragement to drive forward the momentum already initiated by the Université de Lyon since many years. The success of three years of collaborative work - The IDEX state funding is a major asset for the University and for the entire region. This award is fully in line with the strategy of the Lyon-Saint-Étienne site, and is the result of nearly three years of teamwork driven by the Bureau de l'Université de Lyon. But above all, it is a collective success thanks to the outstanding contribution of the internal and external partners: faculty and staff members, local authorities, all the socio-economic partners, as well as the students. This synergy and cooperation throughout the entire ecosystem are at the heart of the project. Jean-François Pinton, the IDEXLYON project's leader, thanks all the partners of the project and expresses his wish for a ripple effect: "this great success today will certainly be followed by many others.