Building tomorrow's society today
— THE CEA’S MISSIONS —
FROM RESEARCH TO INDUSTRY
As a leading player in research, development and innovation, the CEA is active in six main areas: national defence and security, nuclear and renewable energies, biotechnological and medical research, technological research for industry, fundamental research (physical sciences and life sciences) and clean-up and dismantling of nuclear facilities.
Defence
and security Energy Digital
transition Medicine
of the future Fundamental
research Clean-up
and dismantling
and security Energy Digital
transition Medicine
of the future Fundamental
research Clean-up
and dismantling
— KEY FIGURES 2019 —
Key figures 2019
See all the CEA's key figures as at 31 December 2019
20,181
employees
1,233 doctoral
and 176 post-doctoral researchers
1,334 work-study students
and 176 post-doctoral researchers
1,334 work-study students
5
billion euros
(civil and defence)
5,045
papers
in peer-reviewed journals
Leading patent applicant
among research bodies in France
Leading French patent applicant
in Europe
6980 active
patent families
216 technology startups
created since 1971 including 89 startups since 2010
39 research units
under the joint supervision of the CEA and academic partners
More than 700 industrial
partners
56 competitiveness clusters
in which the CEA participates, including 16 administered by the CEA
444 European projects
11 FP7 projects – 433 H2020 projects