French National Centre for Scientific Research

Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Formation19 October 1939 (1939-10-19)
TypeGovernmental organisation
PurposeFundamental research
HeadquartersCampus Gérard Mégie, 16th arrondissement of Paris
Official language
French
President
Antoine Petit
Main organ
Comité national de la recherche scientifique
Budget
€3.8 billion (2021)[1]
Staff
33,000 (2021)[1]
Websitewww.cnrs.fr

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, fr, CNRS) is a top public research organization in Europe and one of the most respected in the world.[2] The CNRS is the biggest organization in Europe that does basic science research.[3]

In 2016, the CNRS had 31,637 workers. This included 11,137 full-time researchers, 13,415 engineers and technical staff, and 7,085 contract workers.[4] Its main office is in Paris, and it also has offices in cities like Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Washington, D.C., Bonn, Moscow, Tunis, Johannesburg, Santiago de Chile, cities in Israel, and New Delhi.[5]

Organization

The CNRS is divided into 10 national institutes:[3]

  • Institute of Chemistry (INC)
  • Institute of Ecology and Environment (INEE)
  • Institute of Physics (INP)
  • Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3)
  • Institute of Biological Sciences (INSB)
  • Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (INSHS)
  • Institute for Computer Sciences (INS2I)
  • Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS)
  • Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INSMI)
  • Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy (INSU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CNRS Key figures". CNRS. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Dorozynski, Alexander (November 1990). "The CNRS at 50. (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) (Salute to French Technology)". R&D. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Butler, Declan (2008). "France's research agency splits up". Nature. 453 (7195): 573. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.....B. doi:10.1038/453573a. PMID 18509403.
  4. ↑ CNRS (2016). "2016 activity report" (PDF). cnrs.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Direction Europe de la recherche et coopération internationale. "Carte des bureaux". cnrs.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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