Innovation support typically involves one or several of these major iterative phases :
Dream : Immersion in a subject, defining a problem.
Design : Searching for solutions, defining concepts.
Do : Conception, prototyping, development.
These phases are carried out in collaboration with CEA experts, as well as academic laboratories and regional structures (SATT, incubator, etc.). In some cases, this support may inclued technology de-risking, involving the creation of proof of concept (POC) by technologists and designers among the CEA teams. This allows, for example, a preliminary verification of the proper alignment between a technological component and an application need, prior to an advanced research program.