CNRS

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CNRS
National Center for Scientific Research
Homepage:	http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/8.htm
Country:	France

The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) is a government-funded research organization, under the administrative authority of France's Ministry of Research.

CNRS research units are located throughout France, and employ a large body of tenured researchers, engineers, and support staff. Laboratories are all on renewable four-year contracts, with bi-annual evaluation.

As the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, CNRS carried out research in all fields of knowledge through its six research departments and two national institutes. CNRS encourages collaboration between specialists from different disciplines in particular with the university thus opening up new fields of enquiry to meet social and economic needs.

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