Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Located in thirteen sites in the heart of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the INRAE ​​Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur centre focuses its research on issues specific to the Mediterranean region: agroecology and adaptation of agriculture and forests to climate change, water resources, natural risks, human nutrition.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Centre

The INRAE ​​Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur research centre is the fourth largest of INRAE' 18 ​​centres with a consolidated budget of €71 million, including €14 million in autonomous resources. It has a staff of 1,300, including 710 permanent staff members located on 12 sites: Avignon, Sophia-Antipolis and Aix-en-Provence le Tholonet, and nine other sites including Aix-en-Provence Arbois, Marseille Luminy and La Timone, Gotheron, Cape Town Antibes, Nice, Les Vignères, Manduel l'Amarine.

BRIEF

Key figures

  • 12 locations
  • 710 permanent staff, including 340 researchers and engineers;
  • 310 contractual staff;
  • 439 staff from partners and associated organizations;
  • 16 research units, including 7 joint research units;
  • 4 experimental units and 2 services units;
  • 6 joint technological units and around twenty platforms.
     

Results

  • ~555 publications per year in peer-reviewed journals;
  • 38 research contracts signed per year with a socio-economic partner (+ 1 SATT contract) and 19 patents in progress (3 per year for the last two years) and 5 licenses.

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Contacts

Domaine Saint Paul
228 route de l'Aérodrome
Site Agroparc - CS 40509
84914 Avignon Cedex 9
Phone: 04 32 72 20 00

Site de Sophia
400, route des Chappes
BP 167
06903 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex
Phone: 04 92 38 64 00

Site d'Aix Le Tholonet
3275 Route Cézanne
13100 Aix-en-Provence
Phone: 04 42 66 99 10

Email: contact-paca@inrae.fr