Research at the Lyon-Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Centre

INRAE features one of its largest operations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with some 1,400 staff in total in 41 separate units. It is organised into 2 research centres, Clermont-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Lyon-Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The 500 staff members in the Lyon-Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes centre work in 21 research units, 10 of which are joint research units with INRAE as joint supervisor, plus one research support unit and 7 collective types of infrastructure (experimental halls, technical platforms and facilities). These are spread across a large part of the Rhône-Alpes area in 9 separate regional geographic locations. The centre is active in a very wide range of fields: water and associated ecotechnologies, natural, health and environmental risks, territories and socio-ecosystems, integrative biology of plants and their adaptation to their environment, and human nutrition and how it is linked to health. As a result, the centre’s research units contribute to the activities of 10 of the Institute’s 14 scientific divisions.

Our research areas

In order to ensure regional consistency, the 2 regional centres work within a common scientific framework, which sets out the range of research offered by INRAE in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.

6 priority research areas

1. water,  watersheds, aquatic ecology and associated ecotechnologies;
2. natural, health and environmental risks;
3. territories and socio-ecosystems: qualifications, trajectories and support;
4. integrative biology of model and cultivated plants and adaptation to their environment;
5. human nutrition, dietary complexity and health;
6. agroecology of grassland farming systems, product quality and animal health.

The centre's 23 research and service units