Grenoble Centre
The Irstea (National Institute for Environmental Science and Research) Grenoble Centre conducts research and develops expertise to improve the knowledge and management of mountain ecosystems, territories and natural hazards.
Key figures
- 3 research units
- 100 permanent staff and 120 temporary staff
- This includes 85 doctoral and post-doctoral students and 35 contract employees
- 60 internships for 3rd level students
- Annual budget of €4.4m (excluding salaries of permanent staff)
- €3m of this comes from own resources
- 100 research and consultant contracts per year
- 4,300 days spent supporting public policies in 2010
- 50 scientific articles per year
We invite you to discover …
- its three research units and research topics
- the centre's organisational chart and research units
- its experimental sites and laboratory equipment
- its information systems
- various close-up looks at research and expert appraisals:
| Biodiversity, from mountains soils to towns | Characterisation of management risks | Modelling for pre-emptive and size design purposes | Indicators to help facilitate more sustainable development | Supporting public policies |
- news: events, habilitation (accreditation to supervise PhD research) and doctoral and post-doctoral research
- main partnerships and projects
- works and publications
- Centre’s activity in terms of scientific information and bibliometrics
- actions carried out to improve the environment
- useful information
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The laboratories of Grenoble centre are under renovation, in the occasion of the RNBE platform project, which benefits from the support of Envirhônalp, from the Rhône-Alpes region and from Métro. Contact : Didier Richard, ETNA RU. |
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