Back Centre national de la recherche scientifique Afrikaans المركز الوطني الفرنسي للبحث العلمي Arabic Centre national de la recherche scientifique Breton Centre Nacional de la Recerca Científica Catalan Centre national de la recherche scientifique Czech Centre national de la recherche scientifique German Εθνικό Κέντρο Επιστημονικών Ερευνών της Γαλλίας Greek Nacia centrejo pri scienca esploro Esperanto Centro Nacional para la Investigación Científica Spanish Riiklik Teadusuuringute Keskus Estonian
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| Formation | 19 October 1939 |
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| Type | Governmental organisation |
| Purpose | Fundamental research |
| Headquarters | Campus 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] |
| Website | www |
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pronounced [sɑ̃tʁ nasjɔnal də la ʁəʃɛʁʃ sjɑ̃tifik], CNRS) is the French state research organisation[2] and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.[3]
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engineers and technical staff, and 7,085 contractual workers.[4] 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.[5]
- ^ a b "CNRS Key figures". CNRS. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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- ^ Butler, Declan (2008). "France's research agency splits up". Nature. 453 (7195): 573. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.....B. doi:10.1038/453573a. PMID 18509403.
- ^ CNRS (2016). "2016 activity report" (PDF). cnrs.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ Direction Europe de la recherche et coopération internationale. "Carte des bureaux". cnrs.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2017.