Not-for-profit
The Lab is run by the FMGE, a student-governed not-for-profit association (French 1901 law). Its programmes pursue no profit.
Innovation Lab for Impact
Innovating for social and societal impact
The FMGE Innovation Lab for Impact designs and runs not-for-profit innovation projects in the public interest. It carries them out with the academic community of the grandes écoles, for students, for professionals and for regions.
Our approach
From an identified need to a shared solution, the Lab moves forward with the people who know the ground and with the knowledge of the grandes écoles.
Start from a societal need
Purchasing power, student engagement, child protection: each programme answers a need identified on the ground.
Design with the academic community
Students, alumni, faculty and experts from the grandes écoles bring their knowledge to each project.
Experiment with the regions
Programmes are built with local stakeholders: local authorities, sector organisations, local shops.
Open up to as many people as possible
Solutions that prove their worth are rolled out to benefit as many people as possible.
Our commitments
A disinterested innovation lab, open well beyond the student world.
In the public interest
It works for broad audiences: students, professionals, residents and local stakeholders.
Academic rigour
Its projects draw on the knowledge and expertise of the grandes écoles, their students and their alumni.
The programmes
Live
limOn Cards
A solidarity programme for the purchasing power of students, teachers and staff in higher education, which also brings town centres to life in every region.
- Who it is for
- Students, teachers and staff in higher education
- Local shops in each region
With the participation of the academic community of
- Beneficiaries' purchasing power
- Tackling student poverty
- Revitalising town centres
Opening soon
FMGE Connect
Since it was founded, the FMGE has been the gateway to a committed student world and the bridge between these students and everyone who wants to work with them. FMGE Connect carries this mission forward: an intermediation platform designed to become the reference for connecting with the student world, serving charitable, cultural and creative projects, engagement and student life, as well as career integration. It also connects schools with one another, so that initiatives travel from one campus to the next.
- Who it is for
- Students, student groups and student media
- Schools, foundations, institutions and companies
With the participation of the academic community of
- Charitable, cultural and creative engagement
- Student life
- Career integration
- Links between schools
Impact project
AEIPE
A project for child protection, designed together with students and alumni of the inter-grande-école network: making careers in the sector better known and making it easier for professionals to access information and training.
- Who it is for
- Child protection professionals and organisations
- Students preparing for careers in social work
With the participation of the academic community of
- Child protection
- Appeal of careers in social work
- Professional training
The programmes and public policy
Each Lab programme addresses general-interest priorities. This grid lets institutions, local authorities and foundations see where the programmes fit with their own priorities.
Student life and tackling student poverty
Supporting students' purchasing power and making campus services and initiatives easier to access.
Youth engagement
Making the charitable, cultural and creative projects led by students known and connected, and making it easier for everyone to get involved.
Employability
Bringing students, alumni and employers together around assignments and first work experiences.
Child protection
Making information and training easier to access for child protection professionals.
Attractiveness of social care careers
Making the sector's careers known to students heading towards them, to meet organisations' recruitment needs.
Revitalising town centres
Steering the spending of students and higher education staff towards local shops.
An academic community working for impact
The Lab brings grande-école talent together around concrete projects. It opens them to companies, foundations, institutions and local authorities that share its ambition.
- Students and doctoral candidates
- Faculty and researchers
- Network alumni
- School staff and experts
Founding partners
Join the founding partners of the Innovation Lab for Impact
Company, foundation, institution or local authority: the Lab grows thanks to supporters who share its ambition. Every contribution moves an impact project forward for the benefit of students and society.
Fund a programme
Contribute to the development of limOn Cards, FMGE Connect or AEIPE.
Share skills
Put your teams' expertise to work for an impact project.
Provide resources
Venues, tools, equipment: concrete resources to move faster.
They support the Lab
The Federation and its contacts
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