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ViewFrance news roundup: 12-18 January

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

ViewFrance in 2023: sparks set to fly

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

ViewUnified master’s application portal unveiled

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 5-11 January

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

ViewTsar for open science balks at rising processing charges

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

ViewFrench startup plan moves up a gear

Additional funding brings recent innovation investments up to €500 million

ViewFrance news roundup: 15 December to 4 January

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

ViewFrance to launch eco-research scheme for overseas territories

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

ViewNew year brings new leaders for France Universités and Ademe

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 8-14 December

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

ViewResearch ministry honours EU funding winners

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

ViewFrance to launch 20 regional innovation centres

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 1-7 December

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

ViewHeads of architecture schools call for ‘massive investment’

France needs more architects to tackle environmental crisis, say directors

ViewFrance’s first biocluster to tackle cancer

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 24-30 November

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

ViewFrance promotes ‘deeptech’ with commercialisation schemes

Government pushes towards goal of 500 startups a year by 2030

ViewFrench funding for Esa heads skywards

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 17-23 November

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

ViewForest research programme seeded with €50m

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

ViewFrance 2030 investment plan celebrates first anniversary

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 10-16 November

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

ViewFrench polar institute to get €3m to keep heating on

Money will be among first payouts from government emergency fund

ViewCNRS warns of potentially catastrophic decline in maths

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

ViewFrance news roundup: 3-9 November

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

ViewInrae deepens ties with the University of Pau

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

ViewLouis Vuitton cleared for Paris-Saclay research centre

École Polytechnique approves sale of land for controversial development

ViewFrance news roundup: 27 October to 2 November

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

ViewANR survey shows widespread researcher satisfaction

Low response rate tempers overall picture of attitudes towards national funder

ViewFrance to create €275m pot to help universities through winter

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