Joint research laboratory and institute partnerships
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Labo UO2 Chargement d’un four en vue du frittage de comprimés de combustible nucléaire. La fabrication de combustible nucléaire à base d'oxyde d'uranium nécessite le frittage de comprimés, sous atmosphère gazeuse réductrice à haute température, au moyen de fours métalliques installés au LaboUO2.​ © A.Aubert/CEA

We are constantly looking for research partners to share our expertise and develop our knowledge over the long term. Our partners bring the challenge to us on a daily basis and encourage us to move towards bold, innovative solutions. Thanks to the synergies of our diversified teams of researchers and experts, we are able to develop innovative, reliable and secure solutions for the nuclear energy, medical and industry sectors.

If you have a large-scale research project and believe a long-term partnership with our researchers could help your interests, we would be happy to assess your project and the creation of a joint R&D laboratory.

What is a joint R&D laboratory or institute
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A joint R&D laboratory or institute is much more than a conventional partnership agreement. It is a long-term collaboration.

This type of collaboration reflects the intention of participants to pool resources in the long-term on a programme with shared interests. This involves regular reviews of objectives, with the sharing and exploitation of intellectual property defined in advance. This joint investment can be adapted to the needs of the participants.

It can therefore come in different formats and does not necessarily require specific premises or permanent teams. The modularity of such collaboration, the expertise of the project teams and the pooling of the different skills all provide a unique, dynamic research environment conducive to innovation.​​​

Why work together?
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Collaboration is the key to success Other than contributing our skills, expertise and resources, the creation of a joint R&D laboratory or institute provides:

  • Quick and easy access to highly specific skills without having to hire or train someone, which can be long and costly

  • The means to improve your team’s knowledge through discussions with other specialists and comparison of different visions

  • The possibility of becoming a key player in innovation and a leader thanks to the high quality of the results obtained.

  • Opportunities to carry out research on related subjects.

Examples of joint R&D laboratory and institute partnerships
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Through our institute, the CEA has set up two joint laboratories and a joint R&D institute with its academic partners.​

LIMMEX

The first is the Laboratory for Instrumentation and Measurements in Extreme Environments (LIMMEX), created in 2010 in collaboration with the University of Aix-Marseille (joined in 2018 by the CNRS). This laboratory specialises in the study, design, development and implementation of instrumentation, measurement techniques, metrology and advanced acquisition, processing and analysis methodologies for extreme environments. ​​​


LIMMEX - Laboratoire d’Instrumentation et de Mesures en Milieux EXtrêmes © LIMMEX​​​​

​MISTRAL

The second is the MISTRAL laboratory created in 2019 in collaboration with the University of Aix-Marseille, the CNRS and the Centrale engineering school in Marseille. Its scientific objectives are to anticipate, prevent and resolve as far as possible the failures of complex multi-scale systems hosting multi-physical phenomena, in order to increase their safety under operational conditions. The research methodology is therefore based on multi-physical (mechanics, acoustics, thermal behaviour, etc.) and multi-scale parameters, combined with cutting-edge test resources and equipment; in this context, our institute provides its knowledge and expertise, both digitally and experimentally.


​Les objectifs scientifiques de MISTRAL sont d'anticiper, de prévenir et de remédier autant que possible aux défaillances des systèmes complexes multi-échelle accueillant des phénomènes multi-physiques afin d'accroître leur sûreté en conditions opérationnelles. Cela concerne potentiellement toute industrie à risques mais un des champs d'applications majeurs de MISTRAL concerne la production d'énergie à bas carbone (nucléaire de fission et fusion). © MISTRAL 

ISFIN

​A joint institute: the Institute for Fusion Sciences & Instrumentation in Nuclear Environments (ISFIN) was set up in 2019 by the University of Aix-Marseille and the CNRS, in partnership with the CEA via IRESNE and the Magnetic confinement fusion research institute (IRFM). IRSN is also a partner of the ISFIN. ISFIN promotes training and research in the fields of fusion science, nuclear instrumentation and the mechanical characterisation of materials and structures for fission and fusion energy, with an interdisciplinary approach that includes society at large. Its medium-term objective is to make the Aix-Marseille region the European reference in training through research in these fields.


ISFIN - Institut Sciences De La Fusion Et De L'instrumentation En Environnements Nucléaires.​L’institut stimule la formation et la recherche dans les domaines des sciences de la fusion, de l’instrumentation nucléaire et de la caractérisation mécanique de matériaux et de structures pour la fission et la fusion avec une approche interdisciplinaire y compris sociétale. À l’horizon de 10 ans, l’institut vise à faire du site d’Aix Marseille la référence européenne pour la formation par la recherche sur ces thématiques, en relation avec les acteurs internationaux présents sur le site (ITER et les partenaires du réacteur Jules Horowitz au CEA Cadarache). © ISFIN ​

Are you interested in this type of partnership? Feel free to contact us to discuss your needs. We are happy to discuss your project with you to find the best partnership solution.