ICMUB - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université Bourgogne Europe

What ICMUB - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université Bourgogne Europe does

ICMUB (Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 6302) is a publicly funded French joint research unit between CNRS and Université Bourgogne Europe, headquartered on the UFR Sciences et Techniques campus in Dijon, France. Founded in the late 1960s and operating for over 50 years, it is the sole research unit within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region primarily affiliated with the CNRS CHIMIE institute. The institute conducts fundamental and applied chemistry research around three common threads — metal chemistry, coordination chemistry, and organometallic chemistry — organized into two cross-disciplinary research departments: Department ISI (Molecular Engineering, Health and Imaging) and Department SEM (Molecular Synthesis, Environment & Materials). Supporting infrastructure includes dedicated analytical platforms PACSMUB and IMATHERA, and a Technology Transfer and Innovation unit for industrial partnerships and spin-off creation.\n\nThe institute serves two principal stakeholder groups: the academic and scientific community (researchers, universities, doctoral candidates seeking advanced chemistry collaboration) and industry partners (industrial firms requiring research collaboration and technology transfer). Research is conducted in national, European, and global cooperation, and the institute has active programs for training the next generation of chemistry researchers. In 2025, seven of its researchers were recognized in Stanford's Top 2% Scientists ranking, and Dr. Rita Meunier-Prest received the CNRS Medal of Honour.\n\nICMUB does not operate a commercial revenue model. Its funding mechanics consist of institutional block funding from CNRS and Université Bourgogne Europe, competitive grants from national (ANR) and European (Horizon Europe, ERC) agencies, and contract-based industrial collaboration revenues routed through the Technology Transfer and Innovation unit. Distribution of outputs occurs through academic publication, conferences, congresses, and direct partner engagement rather than commercial product channels.

Name

ICMUB - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université Bourgogne Europe

Legal name

Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne - ICMUB UMR CNRS 6302

Website

https://icmub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ICMUB is a CNRS-affiliated public research institute in Dijon, France, conducting cross-disciplinary chemistry research in metal, coordination, and organometallic chemistry across two departments (Health/Imaging and Environment/Materials), serving academic and industrial partners through platforms and a technology transfer unit.

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Dijon

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France

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Europe

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

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Core offering

ICMUB is a joint CNRS-Université Bourgogne Europe research unit (UMR CNRS 6302) conducting fundamental and applied research in molecular chemistry, organized across two departments (ISI and SEM) around metal, coordination, and organometallic chemistry. It provides analytical services through PACSMUB and IMATHERA platforms and operates a Technology Transfer and Innovation unit that handles industrial partnerships, technology maturation, and start-up creation from its research outputs.

Product overview

ICMUB is a research institute (UMR CNRS 6302) affiliated with Université Bourgogne Europe, operating as a single unified research institution with two cross-disciplinary research departments (ISI and SEM). The institute functions as a chemistry research center with supporting platforms including PACSMUB and IMATHERA for analytical services, and a dedicated Technology Transfer and Innovation unit that handles technology maturation, industrial partnerships, and start-up creation. Research activities are organized around metal chemistry, coordination chemistry, and organometallic chemistry as common themes, spanning over 50 years of national, European, and global cooperation.

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• Department ISI – Molecular Engineering, Health and Imaging Cross-disciplinary chemistry research department focused on molecular engineering with applications in health and imaging technologies. Serves academic and industrial research partners.
• Department SEM – Molecular Synthesis, Environment & Materials Cross-disciplinary chemistry research department focused on molecular synthesis with applications in environmental science and materials development. Serves academic and industrial research partners.
• PACSMUB Analytical and characterization research platform within ICMUB providing molecular chemistry analysis services for academic and industrial users.
• IMATHERA Research platform within ICMUB dedicated to advanced molecular analysis and characterization techniques, supporting chemistry research projects.
• Technology Transfer and Innovation Unit Service unit facilitating technology maturation, industrial partnerships, and start-up creation from ICMUB research outputs. Includes Industrial Partnerships, Technology Maturation, and Start-ups & Transfer Unit activities.

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• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICMUB is the sole unit within the Scientific Area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté primarily affiliated with CNRS CHIMIE institute. CNRS provides institutional recognition, funding support, and acts as the primary research partner.

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Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR, UMR 6226): CNRS joint research unit at Université de Rennes focused on molecular and materials chemistry, with a comparable structure (UMR status, multi-axis research, platform services) to ICMUB.
• Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg (UMR 7177): Joint CNRS/university chemistry research unit at Université de Strasbourg with a comparable profile to ICMUB: CNRS UMR status, broad molecular chemistry focus, and dual academic/industrial partnership model. Directly comparable as a peer CNRS CHIMIE-affiliated institute.
• Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN, UPR 2301): CNRS chemistry laboratory in Gif-sur-Yvette focused on natural substances and molecular chemistry; comparable as a standalone CNRS chemistry unit with applied chemistry research and industrial transfer activity.
• Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC, UPR 8241): CNRS chemistry laboratory in Toulouse whose core research themes — coordination chemistry and organometallic chemistry — overlap directly with ICMUB's stated common research thread, making it a closely comparable CNRS chemistry peer.
• Institut de Chimie de Lyon (ICL): Federated chemistry institute at Université de Lyon encompassing multiple molecular chemistry laboratories, comparable in its dual academic/industrial mission and broad coordination/organometallic chemistry scope to ICMUB.
• Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO, UMR 5629): CNRS/university joint research unit at Université de Bordeaux focused on polymer and molecular chemistry, with strong technology transfer and start-up creation activity — directly comparable to ICMUB's research and TT model.
• Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM, UMR 5250): Large CNRS-affiliated molecular chemistry research unit at Université Grenoble Alpes, covering coordination chemistry, catalysis, and materials — a strong comparable on both research themes and CNRS UMR structure.

Emerging players

• CRPP — Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (UPR 8641): CNRS chemistry and materials science research unit in Bordeaux, partially overlapping with ICMUB's SEM (Molecular Synthesis, Environment & Materials) axis and metal-based functional materials research.
• CINaM — Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (UMR 7325): CNRS interdisciplinary unit combining chemistry, physics, and nanoscience, partially overlapping with ICMUB's SEM (environment & materials) axis and IMATHERA platform scope.

Broad incumbents

• Chimie ParisTech (PSL University): Leading French chemistry engineering school and research institution within PSL, with a broader and larger research portfolio than ICMUB but overlapping molecular chemistry, coordination chemistry, and industrial partnership activity.

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