CEA (The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas: defense & security, low carbon energies, fundamental research in the physical sciences and life, and technological research for industry.
CEA is coordinating a public private partnership called IRT Nanoelec. IRT Nanoelec brings together partners from the public and private sectors to conduct groundbreaking research and development in information and communication technologies, and more specifically, micro and nanoelectronics. The competitiveness-enhancing innovations developed at IRT Nanoelec are transferred directly to businesses—especially small and mid-sized businesses—in all industries.