To access all features of this site, you must enable Javascript. Here are the instructions for enabling Javascript in your web browser.
Recherche and innovation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation.
Discover the main research areas on which the CEA works.
Find the latest scientific and institutional news of the CEA.
NEWS | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY | INSTITUTIONAL
For the 10th edition of VivaTech, the CEA reaffirms its ambition to make technological innovation a strategic goal for industrial, scientific, and digital sovereignty. In VivaTech, the CEA will showcase its latest innovations in the fields of Energy, Digital Technologies, and Healthcare through demonstrators and start-ups emerging from its laboratories.
NEWS | COMPUTING | NEW TECHNOLOGIES | QUANTUM PHYSICS
On May 22, the CEA’s TGCC hosted the European Forum on Computing, Quantum, and Semiconductor Technologies, attended by the President of the Republic. This major event brought together public and private sector stakeholders to discuss issues of technological sovereignty and disruptive technologies.
NEWS | INSTITUTIONAL
On May 12 and 13, the CEA welcomed a delegation from VTT, the Finnish Technical Research Centre, at its Saclay site for a high-level meeting between Anne-Isabelle Etienvre, CEO of the CEA, and Kalle Härkki, President and CEO of VTT. This annual meeting was aimed to review ongoing collaborations and identify new joint opportunities in several strategic areas. This meeting was also marked by the signing of an amendment that extends the framework cooperation agreement between the two organizations.
NEWS | PRESS RELEASE | INSTITUTIONAL
Over a hundred high-level representatives from French and German industry, policy, start-up and investment sectors will gather for a reception hosted by the German Ambassador to France, His Excellency Mr Stefan Steinlein, with the support of the French Embassy in Germany. This event reflects the growing importance of quantum technologies for Europe’s technological and industrial sovereignty, building on the French-German agenda agreed in August 2025.
NEWS | PRESS RELEASE | NUCLEAR ENERGY | FUEL CYCLE
EDF, Framatome (an EDF subsidiary), the CEA and Orano welcome the outcomes of the Nuclear Policy Council (CPN), which met today Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the construction site of two new EPR2 reactors in Penly (France). These outcomes confirm the French State’s commitment to ensuring the long term continuity and development of the nuclear sector, with the objective of guaranteeing competitive, sovereign and low carbon electricity.
NEWS | PRESS RELEASE | MICRO-NANOELECTRONICS | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY
Today, the CEA inaugurates FAMES in Grenoble, a European pilot line designed to accelerate innovation in microelectronics and foster the emergence of chips that are more powerful, more energy-efficient and more sustainable. The aim is to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty, benefiting many strategic sectors by reducing the time between research and industrialisation.
NEWS | NOMINATION | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY | INSTITUTIONAL
Two French nationals have been appointed to the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC) out of 951 applications: Laurence Petit, Deputy Director for Innovation at the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), and Jean-Michel Dalle, Director of the Parisian incubator Agoranov.
NEWS | INSTITUTIONAL | INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY
The CEA remains the world's most innovative public research organization, according to the Top 100 Global Innovators published by Clarivate this Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
NEWS | FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Consolidator Grants. Supporting the best exploratory research across all fields, these grants reward mid-career scientists. Among them, Dalimil Mazac, a researcher at IPhT (CEA-CNRS), has been recognized for his work on the mathematics of quantum field theory.
LIVE IN THE CENTER | EUROPE | ENVIRONMENT | THEORETICAL PHYSICS | PARTICLE PHYSICS | FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
Three CEA projects involving CEA-IRAMIS, IPhT (CEA/CNRS) and LSCE (CEA/UVSQ/CNRS) have been selected for the ERC Synergy Grant 2025 call for proposals. Their ambitions: to push the boundaries of quantum electrodynamics, describe the behaviour of interacting particle systems when they are out of equilibrium, and better understand northern peatlands and the impact of climate change. These projects will bring together international research teams with complementary skills to tackle exciting research questions.
Information and Media officeTelephone: +33 1 64 50 20 11mail: presse@cea.fr
Top page
CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.