Serving as a link between research and businesses, INRA Transfert has five major functions:

- Transfer the results of research to businesses by leveraging and managing INRA's portfolio of technologiesvia agreements with industrial firms,

- Promote the creation of innovative companies and assist them with development,

- Support the set-up, negotiation and management of collaborative research projects at the European and national level by bringing to bear its expertise in management project engineering,

- Organise, lead and manage major research and development programmes,

- Make resources available to the environmental technologies sector by creating a porous interface between public research laboratories and the business world.

- To carry out these missions, INRA Transfert has built a team of over 60 employees from various professions to support research and innovation throughout the R&D chain.