On 25th March 2011, The French Prime Minister presented, together with the Minister of Higher Education and Research and the General Commissioner for Investment, the list of the 100 projects to be funded as "Laboratories for Excellence" of France. These 100 projects included “PATRIMA”, of which IPANEMA is a partner, the European platform for ancient materials studies at SOLEIL.
http://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/Soleil/ToutesActualites/2011/PATRIMA