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ViewMinistry picks universities in science for society scheme

Winning institutions will receive cash bonuses to promote public engagement with research

ViewFrance news roundup: 11-17 November

This week: Limoges’ aerospace collaboration, Inrae’s regional partnerships, and French leadership on global satellites

ViewFrance to ‘bet on talent’ in AI research race

Macron announces €1.5 billion for competitiveness in next phase of national artificial intelligence strategy

ViewFrance banks on national cloud

Digital minister announces computing research programme to be funded with €1.8 billion of public-private money

ViewFrench research ministry to spend big on farming

Vidal announces funding to improve local food production under Investments in the Future programme

ViewFrance news roundup: 4-10 November

This week: call for academic freedom, synthetic fuel research and Covid-19 cooperation with Lebanon

ViewInria teams up with universities on digital science centre

Computing institute to develop joint strategy with Paris-based partners

ViewFrench prion research moratorium extended

Ministries order investigation following suspected CJD case, but unions demand more action

ViewFrance news roundup: 28 October to 3 November

This week: universities’ year of redefinition, astronomical gold and collaboration with earthquake-struck Haiti

ViewANR pushes innovation agenda forward

Online event brings together big names in academia and business

ViewThree candidates left in race to lead Sciences Po

Long succession process for directorship to draw to close in November

ViewFrance news roundup: 21-27 October

This week: “year of biology” begins, interest in science and more

ViewMacron launches funds for ‘bright green’ future

France 2030 plan for industrial growth pledges €8 billion for nuclear, hydrogen and decarbonisation research

ViewCOP26: All the funds but a lack of ardour

France’s energy strategy requires pioneering R&D, but scientific elan is short among country’s reform-tired academics

ViewFrance news roundup: 14-20 October

This week: start-up innovation success, budget criticism, and good news for research tax-credit users

ViewUK trial of Valneva Covid-19 vaccine reports positive results

Study suggests jab more effective than AstraZeneca, after UK cancelled 100 million Valneva doses

ViewCompanies supportive of university research, poll shows

France’s business leaders say they recognise academia’s role of creating knowledge and jobs

ViewResearchers to be embedded in France’s auditors’ court

Conference of University Presidents signs training agreement to improve expertise in administration

ViewFrance news roundup: 7-13 October

This week: African collaboration, Covid-19 impact on PhDs and ethics at France’s national health institute

View‘French research not in decline,’ minister insists

Frédérique Vidal defends government funding and promises post-Covid normality

ViewGovernment pushes for open data

France’s research ministry publishes roadmap to improve access to and exchange of scientific data

ViewFrance news roundup: 30 September to 6 October

This week: CNRS election results, a National Doctorate Day and ANR funding data

ViewFrench engineer takes command of International Space Station

Aerospace engineer Thomas Pesquet is the first French national to command the orbiting research facility

ViewResearch ministry in line for €700m boost in 2022 budget

French parliament to vote on bigger ministerial spending as government prepares for election

ViewAtomic agency and Paris-Saclay team up on heritage sciences

University to welcome visiting scientists as part of newly minted conservation research plan

ViewFrance news roundup: 23-29 September

This week: WHO Academy construction starts, ANR picks industrial chair and universities back Covid-19 scientists

ViewResearch ministry to review university-buildings data

French higher education real estate comes under the microscope as part of energy-efficiency renovation plans

ViewMedicine group funds patient pathway innovation

Private foundation dishes out grants to study healthcare access and tackle social inequality

ViewFrance news roundup: 16-22 September

This week: ANR 2022 call guide, Cirad at UN summit and Inrae’s forest partnership

ViewInstitut Laue-Langevin secures long-term financial support

Research facility to receive €1 billion for 2024-33