Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP - CNRS/IN2P3 - USMB)

What Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP - CNRS/IN2P3 - USMB) does

Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP) is a French public research laboratory (UMR5814) jointly operated by CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Annecy-le-Vieux. It conducts fundamental research in particle physics, astroparticle physics and cosmology, and neutrino physics, contributing hardware, software, and scientific analysis to major international collaborations including ATLAS and LHCb at CERN, the Virgo gravitational wave detector, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTAO), the DUNE long-baseline neutrino experiment at Fermilab, and H.E.S.S. in Namibia. Core technical capabilities span liquid argon time projection chambers, silicon pixel detectors (including MAPS-based vertex detector design), interferometric gravitational wave instrumentation, and cryogenic bolometers for rare-event searches, supported by the in-house MUST mesoscale computing platform.

LAPP is funded primarily through institutional research budgets from CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc, supplemented by European (FEDER), regional (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), and departmental (Haute-Savoie) sources. It does not sell commercial products; outputs are disseminated via peer-reviewed publications, open data repositories, conferences, and the EUTOPIA discovery space for public outreach. Adjacent service lines include the IDEFICS project (with LISTIC), which provides Big Data and AI consulting to regional manufacturing firms, and educational programs such as the Gray Scott HPC and ESCAPE data science summer schools. The laboratory's customer base is structurally concentrated in a single institutional patron (CNRS/IN2P3) and a small set of named international scientific collaborations.

Name

Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP - CNRS/IN2P3 - USMB)

Legal name

Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules

Website

https://lapp.in2p3.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LAPP is a French public research laboratory (UMR5814) under CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc, conducting fundamental research in particle physics, astroparticle physics, and neutrino physics for international collaborations including CERN, Virgo, and DUNE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Annecy-le-vieux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Institutional Research Funding: Core funding from CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and IN2P3 (Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules) through French government research budgets. Additional funding from Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). Project-specific funding from European sources (FEDER, IDEX UGA), regional (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), and departmental (Haute-Savoie) sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP) is a public research laboratory conducting fundamental research in particle physics, astroparticle physics, cosmology and neutrino physics as a joint CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc unit (UMR5814). It contributes hardware, software and scientific analysis to major international experiments including ATLAS and LHCb at CERN, the Virgo gravitational wave detector, CTAO gamma-ray observatory and DUNE neutrino experiment. Beyond pure research, it operates the MUST high-performance computing platform and the IDEFICS Big Data/AI technology-transfer service for regional companies.

Product overview

LAPP is a fundamental research laboratory in particle physics, astroparticle physics, and cosmology, affiliated with CNRS/IN2P3 and Université Savoie Mont Blanc. The laboratory does not offer commercial products but provides research infrastructure and services including the MUST computing platform for high-performance computing, the IDEFICS project offering AI and big data services to regional companies, the EUTOPIA Discovery Space for science outreach, and educational programs including the Gray Scott HPC Summer School and ESCAPE Summer School on data science. LAPP contributes to major international experiments including ATLAS and CMS at CERN/LHC, Virgo/LIGO/KAGRA for gravitational waves, CTA for gamma-ray astronomy, LHCb, and DUNE for neutrino physics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MUST Platform: Computing and data processing platform operated by LAPP for high-performance computing needs.
• EUTOPIA
• Espace Découvertes EUTOPIA
• IDEFICS
• Mercredis du LAPP

Products and services

• Plateforme MUST (MUST Computing Centre)
• IDEFICS Project

Quantifiable outcome

• 218 gravitational wave detections contributed to GWTC-4 catalog
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional partner providing core research funding and administrative framework. CNRS is France's largest research organization and provides the laboratory's primary institutional structure as UMR5814.
• IN2P3 (Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThematic institute of CNRS dedicated to nuclear and particle physics. Provides specialized funding and coordination for particle physics research programs and international collaborations.
• USMB (Université Savoie Mont Blanc)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner providing academic framework and joint personnel. Enables PhD programs and academic teaching missions alongside research activities.
• CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research organization operating the Large Hadron Collider. LAPP contributes to ATLAS and LHCb experiments with hardware development, software, and scientific analysis.
• LAPTh (Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique Théorique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint theoretical physics research with LAPTh covering particle physics, astroparticle physics, and cosmology. Shared public outreach through EUTOPIA platform.
• LISTIC (Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance)majorTechnology or IntegrationAI partnership applying artificial intelligence to optimize data exploitation from physics experiments. Collaboration through IDEFICS project.
• ENIGMASS (LABEX)supportingOthersExcellence laboratory providing additional research funding and support for astroparticle physics and cosmology research programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab): US Department of Energy national accelerator laboratory hosting the DUNE long-baseline neutrino experiment. LAPP contributes liquid argon TPC technology and analysis to DUNE, making Fermilab a direct peer in neutrino physics and detector development.
• Brookhaven National Laboratory: US Department of Energy national laboratory with major programs in nuclear and particle physics, including detector R&D. Comparable scope in fundamental physics research and international collaboration participation.
• CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research operating the LHC. LAPP contributes hardware, software, and analysis to ATLAS and LHCb at CERN, making CERN the closest direct peer in particle physics research and accelerator-based experimentation.
• Max Planck Institute for Physics: German research institute focused on particle and astroparticle physics, with active roles in ATLAS and other major experiments. Comparable in mission, scale, and contributions to international collaborations.
• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: US national accelerator laboratory operated by Stanford for the DOE. SLAC's particle physics, cosmology, and detector instrumentation programs are structurally aligned with LAPP's research scope.
• Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI): Swiss national laboratory for particle physics, neutron, and muon research. PSI operates comparable detector development and particle physics programs within a similar national-lab funding model.
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (STFC): UK national laboratory hosting particle physics, astronomy, and large-scale computing infrastructure. Comparable in scope of international collaboration membership and HPC provision for physics research.
• LPNHE (Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies): French CNRS/IN2P3 joint research unit focused on particle physics and astroparticle physics. Sister CNRS/IN2P3 laboratory with overlapping experimental portfolio (CMS, HESS, LSST) and the same institutional funding structure as LAPP.
• DESY: German national laboratory for particle and photon science. DESY operates accelerator-based experiments and detector R&D programs structurally comparable to LAPP's portfolio in particle physics instrumentation and international collaborations.

Broad incumbents

• INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare): Italian national institute coordinating nuclear and particle physics research across multiple laboratories. INFN co-hosts Virgo with EGO (where LAPP participates) and operates comparable multi-site research programs, making it the closest broad institutional peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/LAPPCNRS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxq6EE9qVeF5hau53dhCccQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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