LES OUTILS DE LA COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE

1
GRANTS FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNEMENT ALLOCATED TO
POLISH STUDENTS For Studies, Training and Thesis
in France (2003)

• 53 grants for thesis in  co-tutelle  (19 new
  ones) (3 years)
• 40 grants for Master studies (9 months)
• 49 grants for training (1to 4 months)
• 158 short term grants (1 month)
• 63 grants from French regions

2

• Bilateral Agreements in Europe
• 28 with research organizations of 24 countries
• (6 in preparation)
• - for short visits in both directions on joint
  projects
• - for setting up structured cooperation
• (In Poland CNRS /PAN Agreement)
• CNRS Tools for Structured Cooperation
• Project for international cooperation PICS
• Twinning / European associated lab LEA
• Network / European Research group GDRE
• International joint laboratory UMI

3

• Bilateral projects within the frameworks of
• POLONIUM 101 28
• PAN/CNRS agreement 60
• PICS 3
• Twinning / LEA 6
• GDRE 1 1 (signature in June 2004)
• Polish scientists at CNRS
• 60 PhD students
• 70 post-docs
• 50 associated researchers
• Copublications 500

4
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
(PICS)

• An operational and high quality international
  cooperation with co-publications
• A balanced funding of the program between the
  partners
• Reviewed for excellence, according to CNRS and
  the partners priorities
• Agreement signed by the two partners
• Focused on a clearly defined goal.
• Duration 3 years

5
EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORK(GDRE)

• Networking Centers of Excellence with academic
  organizations and/or industries on specific
  topics
• Duration 4 years
• Agreement signed by the director general of CNRS
  and the heads of foreign regulatory authorities
  (public or private).
• Budget soft money to increase fluidity of
  exchanges, visiting positions, seminars..

6
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATED LABORATORY(LEA)

• A LEA is a laboratory without walls
  associating scientific teams from two or three
  countries.
• The teams in a LEA keep their autonomy, their
  status, their directors and separate locations
• The LEA is managed by a coordinator and a
  scientific board
• It is based on a signed agreement between the
  Parties
• Duration 4 years (possibly extended to 4 more
  years)
• Its objective is to pool human, technical and
  financial resources in order to add value and
  develop a specific research program.

7
EUROPEAN JOINT LABORATORY (UME)

• Real laboratory associating scientists from two
  countries in the same location
• Agreement signed by the director general of CNRS
  and the head of the foreign regulatory authority
• Management a director, a co-director and a
  scientific board
• Duration 4 years
• An annual budget decided upon by the two
  institutions
• Co-evaluation by the two institutions

8
Country PICS LEA GDRE Total Austria
1 1 Belgium 1 4 5 10 Czech Republic
1 1 Germany 3 11 8 22 Holland 1
2 3 Italy 1 2 6 9 Poland 3 61
11 102 Russia 24 5 3
32 Spain 11 2 6 19 UK 5
3 6 14 Ukraine 1 1
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FRENCH NATIONAL PRIORITIES FOR SCIENCE

• Life Sciences with a special emphasis on the
  genome, post-genome research, neuroscience and
  developmental biology
• Information and communication technologies and
  nanotechnologies
• Social sciences and Humanities
• Global environment, energy and transport

10
 Weimar  project European Research Group (GDRE)
PARAMECIUM GENOMICS (2002-2006) POLAND Nencki
Institute, Institute of Biochemistry and
Biophysics, Warsaw (Polish Academy of
Sciences) GERMANY Konstanz and Tubingen
Universities FRANCE Center for Molecular
Genetics (Gif s/ Yvette) Laboratories of
Genetical Oncology (Paris), of Molecular Genetics
(Paris), of Cellular Biology (Orsay), of Cellular
Biochemistry (Paris), of Biology of Protists
(Aubière), of Neurobiology (Paris).
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STUDY OF OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF
NANO-OBJECTS IN WIDE GAP (To be signed before
the end of 2004) POLAND High Pressure Research
Center, Warsaw (Polish Academy of
Sciences) GERMANY Central Facility for
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy,
Erlangen-Nuremberg University FRANCE
Semiconductors Research Group, CNRS and the
University of Montpellier 2