Louis-Joseph BROSSOLLET 
brossollet@irstea.fr 

+33 (0)6 12 07 31 70
Élisabeth VIDAL 
elisabeth.vidal@irstea.fr 

+33 (0)6 80 81 62 38 
dpia@irstea.fr

CONTACTS

Research personnel  
(full-time equivalent): 

1 200

including PhD students: 

250

Partnership  
research incomes: 

15 870 k

Research budget: 

67 555 k

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  Irstea has a dozen technological platforms 

(agricultural equipment, geomaterials, 
water treatment) and natural experimental 
sites (natural hazards, hydrology,  
ecotoxicology... ) , open to companies for 
joint research projects:

-  Experimentation in the laboratory or in  

the field,

-  Development, validation or qualification of 

technologies, methods, models, databases 
and computer codes.

A specific approach to SMEs: Captiven

Irstea offers specific support (seed funding, 

dedicated staff) to SMEs in the field of environmental 

metrology (measurement in natural environments, 

processes and environmental technologies).  

This project, funded until 2016 by the French 

“Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir”,  

is awarded to three Carnot institutes: BRGM , 

IFREMER, and Irstea (project leader).  

captiven@irstea.fr - www.captiven.fr

Quality and Standards

Irstea is engaged in a comprehensive quality policy. 

Several laboratories are already ISO9001, ISO 17025, 

or have other qualifications and accreditations. 

Irstea is also a leading player of French and 

European normative approach (e.g. DCE, agricultural 

equipment operator safety), and contributes to the 

definition of labels and industry standards.

Irstea is an active member of a dozen regional 

industry clusters “pôles de compétitivité”, 

including the international clusters Axelera and 

Water. 

Cemagref has become Irstea in 2012.

Institut Carnot Irstea

Industry relations and public 

policy support department

1, rue Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

CS 10030 – 92 761 Antony cedex

France

Map of sites of likelihood  

of avalanche sites in  

Haute-Tarentaise valley-Scale 

1:120 000

Facilities and assets