French National Center for Scientific Research

Most CNRS Labs are Located in University Campuses: 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

CNRS Human Potential: 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

Direct government subsidy 2 300 M€ CNRS Budget: CNRS income 510 M€ ~20 % Direct government subsidy 2 300 M€ ~80 % ~ 2.8 billion Euros

CNRS is reorganizing 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

Creation of National Institutes 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. 7

New Organization: 9 Institutes and 3 Integrated Programs Mathematical Sciences and their interactions Information Science and Technology and Engineering Physics Nuclear and Particle Earth Sciences Humanities and Social Chemistry Ecology and Environment Life Nanosciences, origin and control of matter Sustainable development for humankind A networking Society

Why create integrated programs? 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   9

Two Distinct Functions of the National Institutes 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

Thank you for your attention LIA Ingineering and Science Lyon Tohoku Laboratory (ElyT Lab), ECL Lyon, INSA Lyon, Tohoku-U. Sendai LIA France Japan Nuclear Structure Problems (FJ-NSP) CNRS,GANIL,RIKEN.Wako LIA France-Japan Particle Physics(FJPPL), CNRS, CEA, KEK. Tsukuba Thank you for your attention UMI Japanese Robotics Laboratory (JRL) CNRS-LAAS, AIST.Tsukuba LIA Reaction-Diffusion-Laboratory (ReaDiLab) CNRS, Grenoble-U., Meiji-U. , Tokyo-U. Tokyo LIA Japan-France Laboratoy in Informatics (FJLI) Paris 6-U., NII, Keio-U., Tokyo-U. Tokyo LIA Comparative Approaches in Social Sciences and Humanities (CASSH), CNRS, EHESS, Shaken, Tokyo-U. Tokyo UMI Laboratory of Integrated Micro-Mechatronic Systems (LIMMS) CNRS, IIS, Tokyo-U.Tokyo LIA France-Japan Magnetic Fusion Laboratory (FJ-MFL) CNRS, Provence-U., Kyushu-U., NIFS, Osaka-U. Fukuoka