1200 cnrs-affiliated labs throughout France

• 1200 CNRS-affiliated labs throughout France
• 1000 joint labs in partnership with universities
• 100 intramural laboratories (owned and run by CNRS)
• 100 joint labs with industry or other research organizations

• Of which 30,000 on direct CNRS payroll

• 11,500 researchers (tenured civil servants)
• 14,500 support staff (tenured civil servants)
• 4,000 short-term positions (PhD students, post-docs, visiting scholars…)

• Total research personnel in all 1200 CNRS labs: 77,000

• 57,000 faculty, researchers and support staff
• 20,000 PhD students and post-docs
• 25% are Foreigners

CNRS impact

• More than 27 000 publications/year

• 50% total French publications, 6 % European publications, 2.5% world publications

• 45% of the papers are co-signed with foreign scientists

• 30% of CNRS papers are co-signed with European partners

• Prestigious awards:in 2008 : Nobel Prize for Medecine (L. Montagnier), Turing informatique (J. Sifakis), Japan Blue Planet Prize (C. Lorius)

• Industrial impact: 2650 principal patents (250 patents/yr), 2100 active industrial contracts

The reorganization of CNRS is in line with the general framework of university and research reform in France

• The reorganization of CNRS is in line with the general framework of university and research reform in France

• Creation of the AERES (Agency for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education) (April 2006)
• Creation of the ANR (National Research Agency, January 2007)
• Recently acquired autonomy of universities through the August 2007 law

As the main partner of universities, CNRS is reorganizing into national institutes in order to:

• As the main partner of universities, CNRS is reorganizing into national institutes in order to:

• Be in line with the main scientific fields which are the backbone of universities and grandes écoles,
• Increase its visibility

• Seven institutes were created in addition to the two already existing ones.

Nanosciences, origin

• Nanosciences, origin

• and control of matter

To better link scientific objectives with government priorities in order to respond to the major issues that developed societies and economies are facing

• To better link scientific objectives with government priorities in order to respond to the major issues that developed societies and economies are facing

• The main scientific challenges can only be overcome by the integration of disciplines

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Like the overall mission of the CNRS, the national institutes have two distinct functions:

• Like the overall mission of the CNRS, the national institutes have two distinct functions:

• Operator : full management of CNRS laboratories, facilities or technological platforms

• Agency: funding and temporary CNRS personnel assignment for laboratories operated by universities or other institutes

• The two functions have separate budgets

International Cooperation of CNRS

• 85 Bilateral agreements signed with institutions in more 60 countries

• 92 International Research Networks (GDRI)

• 93 International Associated Laboratories (LIA), 31 in Asia

• 15 International Joint Units (UMI), 5 in Asia

2 institutes with structured networks accross Asia

• Nuclear and articule physics: 2 LIA in Japan, 1 in Korea, 1 in China, activity in Vietnam and Taiwan

• IT technology and ingeenering science: 2 UMI and 3 LIA in Japan, 1 UMI in Singapour, 1 UMI in Vietnam, 1 LIA in China

• => creating a federation of LIA and UMI in Asia