The Carnot institutes network

A network of 19 000 research professionals with common goal : developing partnership research for companies.

The Carnot institutes network :

- provides easier access to the network's skills, no matter what the entry point is,
- undertakes to listen to your requirements and provides high quality responses,
- ensures partnership research is conducted professionally,
- anticipates the needs of markets and enterprises in order to prepare responses to the mainissues affecting competitiveness and society,
- is a major research and technology organisation (RTO) which collaborates with its European and global counterparts (Fraunhofer, TNO, VTT, MIT, etc).

Taking on the great economicand social challenges …

- Acommunicating society : ICT, Transport, Mobility
- An ageing society : Healthcare and personal assistance, Safety
- Limited natural resources : Renewable energies, Sustainable development, etc.

… through six main areas of expertise

- Materials, mechanics and processes
- Pathologies, nutrition, healthcare technologies
- Energy, propulsion, transport
- ICT, micro and nanotechnologies
- Building construction, civil engineering, land use planning
- Environment, natural resources, chemistry