Celebrating Our PhD Student
Starthèse Challenge: a PhD student in social sciences represented UPPA at the national final on 12 November 2024 in Toulouse
Starthèse is a national programme that enables young researchers, doctoral students or those who have obtained their doctorate within the last five years, to experiment with entrepreneurship in order to promote their skills and the work carried out as part of their thesis. It aims to give a wide audience, particularly funders, a better understanding of how thesis work is transferred from research to the socio-economic world and of the role of researchers.
Maylis Qaisi and her supervisor Jacques Jaussaud
UPPA local selection / 25 June 2024
The first edition of the Matur'UP challenge at the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour took place on 25 June 2024 on the Pau campus. Maylis Qaisi, PhD student at the Energy and Environmental Transitions Laboratory (TREE), defended her business creation project related to the integration of refugees in Toulouse and will be supported by the university's entrepreneurship team and SATT* Aquitaine for one year.
Other winners of the local selection:
- Prix Audace : Maylis Qaisi (TREE),
projet Ensemble, mieux intégrés (participation à la finale nationale et accompagnement par la SATT Aquitaine). - Prix Impact : Roman Leduc (SIAME),
projet Acquisition, transmission rapide et isolée pour la supervision (accompagnement par le Crédit Agricole). - Prix Créativité : Jordan Garo (IPREM),
projet Photovoltaïque organique (accompagnement par la technopole Hélioparc).
The three winners will also be enrolled free of charge in the university diploma (DU) programme ‘Tools for Entrepreneurship’, enabling them to obtain national student-entrepreneur status and receive support from UPPA and PEPITE Entrepreneuriat Campus Aquitaine.
