Grenoble is home to the most intense neutron source in the world (ILL), and to Europe's largest synchrotron X-ray source, the ESRF. It also hosts an outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Together, the institutes on the European Photon and Neutron Science Campus provide unique opportunities for cutting-edge research and for numerous applications in the field of advanced materials, environment,
energy, and health.

As of 2013, the EPN Science Campus will also host the French Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), in addition to already existing partnerships and joint facilities of the European institutes with partners from Grenoble.