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Court of Auditors urges government to curtail French healthcare research agency’s overlapping mission with CNRS

Unions say reform bill places researchers at a particular disadvantage

This week: AI coordinator appointed, TotalEnergies’ links to academia highlighted, Franco-German collaboration celebrated

Luxury brand will set up elsewhere but École Polytechnique partnership to continue
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Country bags 12 of 90 awards, ahead of Germany and UK

This week: a space consultation, planned strikes and advances in hydrogen technology

Governments renew vows with pledges of closer union in energy and IT

This week: a CNRS assessment committee, marine genomics funding and agriculture leadership

President Macron’s reform programme could meet tough resistance when he tackles pensions

Launch fulfils minister’s promise but critics warn of continued oversubscriptions to some courses

This week: a major agriculture scheme, EU defence leadership and no CentraleSupélec name change (yet)

French institutions pay €30 million a year to publish open access, study reveals

Additional funding brings recent innovation investments up to €500 million

This week: new Academy of Sciences intake, food banks for students and Strasbourg goes green

Scientists will get €15 million to monitor threats to fragile terrestrial and marine environments

Apex higher education organisation promises research focus as renewable energy agency also gets new head

This week: research ministry social committee elections, Inserm’s new recruits, space safety funding

Researchers from University of Montpellier and École Normale Supérieure among France's ‘stars of Europe’

Clusters will share €160 million to boost tech transfer and startup creation

This week: CNRS sets up battery labs, quantum computing spin-out, post-quantum messaging

France needs more architects to tackle environmental crisis, say directors

Paris-Saclay University heads winning bid centred on site in Villejuif

This week: promoting academic freedom, ANR renews regional partnership, Inserm readies for awards

Government pushes towards goal of 500 startups a year by 2030

Economy and research ministers stress importance of Europe’s space programme

This week: A neurotechnology charter, emergency student funding and a francophone research manifesto

Inrae-led programme will focus on growing forest resilience and biodiversity

Research ministry claims triple challenge met as two new funding calls are launched

This week: Cybersecurity funding, University of Strasbourg shutdown, CNRS and Inserm discuss health crisis

Money will be among first payouts from government emergency fund

France needs national strategy to rehabilitate subject in academia, says organisation’s president

This week: research agencies trumpet gender-equality progress, sustainable computing link-up, space command building approved

Partnership is Inrae’s fifth ‘goals and resources’ partnership with French university

École Polytechnique approves sale of land for controversial development

This week: CNRS plans maths event, Collège de France’s comics courses, Inrae leads soils consortium

Low response rate tempers overall picture of attitudes towards national funder

Fund part of planned €12 billion package to tackle energy price crisis