NPAT is an IRL – International Research Laboratory – created and funded by France’s CNRS and attached to the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3) in partnership with TRIUMF. The goal of this IRL is to foster and promote collaboration between IN2P3 and TRIUMF scientists.
The NPAT preliminary agreement was signed late 2024
Concluding the signing ceremony at TRIUMF on Nov. 4, 2024 front left: Nigel Smith; front right: Alain Schuhl; second row (left to right): D. Lunney (NPAT Director), G. Dantelle (French Consulate), A. Adem (NSERC President), R. Kanungo (TRIUMF Science Division Head), J. Matas (CNRS Ottawa Bureau), N. Baudoin (French Consul), C. Montel (French Embassy), M. Grasso (IN2P3 Associate Director), A. Lucotte (IN2P3 Associate Director), C. Roy (IN2P3 Director)
The final signature was in spring, 2026
During the tour preceding the signing ceremony at TRIUMF on April 21, 2026 (left to right): Alain Mermet (CNRS International), Arnaud Lucotte (IN2P3 DAS), Solene Marie (CNRS Internatinal), Herve Savajols (GANIL director), Marcella Grasso (IN2P3 DAS), D. Lunney (NPAT director), Geraldine Dantelle (French Embassy), Alain Schuhl (CNRS direction), Nigel Smith (TRIUMF director), Rafael Dang (French Consul General), Andrea Dessen (CNRS Canada), Cornelia Hoehr (TRIUMF Life Sciences director), Christelle Roy (IN2P3 director), Christophe Besse (INMS director), Sean Lee (TRIUMF chief of staff).