The accreditation by Lyonbiopole is a quality recognition of your project by well-known experts and members of the cluster’s governance. The suitability of your project with Lyonbiopole’s theme is the prerequisite for requesting a accreditation.
The themes are: infectious diseases, cancer, virology, bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, immunology, immunology and immune disorders including autoimmune, inflammatory and orphans diseases,
The cluster’s themes – Download (PDF)
If your project falls within the domains and thematic quoted, Lyonbiopole offers you to accredit your project and maximizes your chances of obtaining funding.
The acccreditation goals :
1> Develop partnerships by strengthening public / private collaborations
2> Make requests for funding R&D projects
3> Strengthen and coordinate research on the cluster’s themes
4> Promote economic development in the cluster’s territory

Accreditation proceeds in four steps :
1> Applicate by completing the intent project R&D Letter (download it on the page of the call you have selected) and sending it to the Lyonbiopole’s Scientific Director
2> Writing of a position paper with the Scientific Director’s advice on the project, sent to the Technical Group
3> Evaluation of the application by the Technical Group
4> Final draft accredited by the Board of Directors
Five main eligibility criterias are taken into account when accrediting:
1> The project's consistency with the cluster’s themes and priorities
2> Adequacy with the eligibility requirements for the nature of the call for projects
3> Geographical location of partners
4> The project’s maturity (industrial property at startup, goals, phasing, partnership, completed financing plan)
5> Impact on the economic and technological development center: investment, employment ...