The CEA's Grenoble campus drew upon its strong track record in nanosafety to coordinate the first EU NanoSafe project and host the first NanoSafe conference in 2008, evidence of the organization's commitment to expanding nanosafety research.
In 2009, the CEA's strong know-how in nanosafety earned the organization the position as lead on the Nanosafety component of the Nano-Innov program [1].
The Nanosafety Platform opened its doors on November 22, 2013, the fruit of more than a decade of research. The Rhône-Alpes regional government provided €14.3 million in funding; the French government added another €3 million under its national higher-education modernization plan, which aims to position Grenoble-Alpes University as a world-class center for innovation.
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
>January 13, 2012
| A ground-breaking ceremony was held on January 13, 2012 and was attended
by Geneviève Fioraso, Jean-Jack Queyranne, Frédéric Perissat, and Farid
Ouabdesselam. |
INAUGURATION
>November 22, 2013
 | On November 22, 2013,
Geneviève Fioraso, France’s Minister for Higher Education and Research;
Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council; Bertrand
Girard, President of the Grenoble University community of institutions of
higher learning; and Bernard Bigot, General Administrator, cut the ribbon on
the new Nanosafety Platform in Grenoble at a ceremony attended by Jean Therme,
Director of Technological Research, CEA. |
Photo credit: Denis MOREL/CEA