The Laboratoire de Recherche Conventionné (LRC) Yves-Rocard provides a framework for partnerships between teams from ENS-PSL's Geosciences Department and CEA/DAM's Département Analyse, Surveillance, Environnement. This “laboratory outside the walls” supports fundamental and applied research topics, notably for the development of observation techniques, data processing and modeling methods.

The LRC Yves-Rocard provides a flexible, responsive structure for hosting numerous interns, PhD students and post-docs. A Call for Projects is issued every year at the beginning of the year.

• Each project must involve at least one ENS researcher and one CEA researcher.
• It is the responsibility of the person carrying out the project at the CEA to ensure that the project is financed by the CEA.
• With regard to the budget excluding manpower, only expenses to be incurred by the ENS will be included in the form submitted here, and not those that may be directly incurred by the CEA.
• The people hired will be housed at ENS and/or CEA. Hiring requests must be made to the relevant authorities by the project leaders, at ENS or CEA depending on which is the main host.