1. French National Center for Scientific Research

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

13. 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

14. 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