National Scientific Research Centre of France
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| Motto |
French: Dépasser les frontières English: Advancing the Frontiers |
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| Formation | 19 October 1939 |
| Type | Governmental organisation |
| Purpose | Fundamental research |
| Headquarters | Campus Gérard Mégie, 16th arrondissement of Paris |
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Official language
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French |
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President
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Alain Fuchs |
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Main organ
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Comité national de la recherche scientifique |
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Budget
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€3.3 billion |
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Staff
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31,637 |
| Website | www |
The French National Center for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the largest governmental research organisation in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engineers and technical staff, and 7,085 contractual workers. It is headquartered in Paris and has administrative offices in Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Washington, D.C., Bonn, Moscow, Tunis, Johannesburg, Santiago de Chile, Israel, and New Delhi.
CNRS operates on the basis of research units, which are of two kinds: "proper units" (UPRs) are operated solely by the CNRS, and "mixed units" (UMRs) are run in association with other institutions, such as universities or INSERM. Members of mixed research units may either be CNRS researchers or university employees (maîtres de conférences or professeurs). Each research unit has a numeric code attached and is typically headed by a university professor or a CNRS research director. A research unit may be subdivided into research groups ("équipes"). CNRS also has support units which may for instance supply administrative, computing, library, or engineering services.
In 2016, CNRS counted 952 mixed research units, 32 proper research units, 135 service units, as well as 36 international units.
The CNRS is divided into 10 national institutes:
The National Committee for Scientific Research, which is in charge of the recruitment and evaluation of researchers, is divided into 47 sections (e.g. section 41 is mathematics, section 7 is computer science and control, and so on). Research groups are affiliated with one primary institute and an optional secondary institute; the researchers themselves belong to one section. For administrative purposes, the CNRS is divided into 18 regional divisions (including four for the Paris region).
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