Research access
Infrastructure is meant to be shared.
BIUTOPIC pools a shared aquatic research infrastructure. Whenever scientific protocols are compatible, a single navigation can carry several research programmes, BIUTOPIC baseline measurements, technology testing and citizen science. The objective is scientific efficiency — accessibility is the consequence.
€150 excl. VAT
per researcher · per research day · 2026–27 early-stage ESUS rate
This is access to a shared research infrastructure — not a vessel charter. It covers boarding a pooled navigation, access to the platform's equipment and the support of the qualified crew.
Opens with L'Hydronaute's commissioning — subject to the mooring framework (AOT). Expression of interest, no payment.
Dedicated missions & environmental services
Dedicated or confidential missions — protocols incompatible with pooling — remain available by quotation. Environmental services are built per project: environmental monitoring, sampling, water quality, eDNA sampling support, microplastic sampling support, biodiversity monitoring, hydroacoustics, technology validation, cyanobacteria monitoring, pollution investigations.
Pricing — simple, public, ESUS
- Academic research access€150 excl. VAT / researcher / day
- Citizen scienceRecommended contribution €35 · ~2 h · goûter included
- Environmental monitoringProject-based
- HYDRO‑01Project-based
- Dedicated missionsContact us
- Environmental missionsReduced ESUS rates available
Citizen science is booked from the L'Hydronaute page. No payment or deposit before the mooring framework is confirmed.
Our maturity labels
Every capability on this site is classified — proof before promise.
- Operational
- Field tested
- Integration
- Experimental
- R&D
- Planned