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ViewRamp up career improvement measures, government told

University chiefs in France say that gains from LPR law have been counteracted by inflation

ViewResearchers call on government to address pensions shortfall

‘Lost years’ of doctoral and postdoctoral work should be included in calculations, say French scientists

ViewFrance news roundup: 4-10 May

This week: Alsace universities’ joint work, a ‘national research reserve’ and a hospital innovation conference

ViewAgricultural lab aims to capture every detail of plant growth

University of Angers now home to high-tech €6 million phenotyping lab

ViewCEA launches embedded-AI innovation drive

Nineteen French companies and research organisations join up to build and test platforms

ViewFrance news roundup: 27 April to 3 May

This week: €51 million climate-change research programme launched and ANR recruits funding-panel chairs

ViewCNRS pushes for global ocean-sustainability body

French agency convenes research organisations in Brussels to build an ‘IPCC for oceanography’

ViewFrench national funder extends regional partnership

Labs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in south-east gain access to new funding scheme

ViewFrance news roundup: 20-26 April

This week: Saclay opens biology labs, unions plan protests, Inria links up with Dutch counterpart

ViewFrench national funder touts open-access success

ANR-funded research nears 90 per cent open-access publication rate

ViewFrance and Canada get closer on science

New joint committee will launch funding calls, host workshops and encourage collaboration

ViewFrance news roundup: 6-19 April

This week: ERC applicants get minister’s support and MonMaster looks less than masterful

ViewUS-style system is failing in France, say academics

Left-leaning group of researchers and politicians laments decline of universities’ “public service mission”

ViewFrance plans more regional innovation centres

Extra ‘deep tech’ funding leads to expansion of cluster scheme

ViewFrance starts work on national health-research data upgrade

Six projects worth €40m will build and consolidate regional data warehouses and networks

ViewInrae strengthens ties with Australia and New Zealand

French agricultural research organisation launches joint lab and exchange scheme—and signs deals for more

ViewFrance news roundup: 30 March to 5 April

This week: Unions promise more strikes, CNRS showcases startups, Inserm-Pfizer doctoral funding returns

ViewGermany, UK and France top latest ERC Advanced Grants

European Research Council president “especially pleased” about increasing share won by women

ViewFrance news roundup: 23-29 March

This week: ANR simplifies grant processes, Mon Master causes concern and Esa headquarters reopen

ViewPandemic boosted research jobs in France, report shows

Government survey also notes rise in temporary contracts at public research organisations

ViewUniversities occupied as pension-reform protests continue

Higher education unions support strikes again while academics turn to ‘street teaching’

ViewFrance news roundup: 16-22 March

This week: higher education performance monitoring, university autonomy and more pension strikes

ViewCoalition for open science sets five priorities

French agencies and funders aim to build on gains made in 2022

ViewTwo more universities to merge with Paris-Saclay

French mega-university to include institutions in Evry and Versailles, while agricultural partnership is also strengthened

ViewFrance news roundup: 9-15 March

This week: CEA startups, a Brazilian research centre and links with Guadeloupe

ViewUniversity autonomy still burning issue, say presidents

Call for greater autonomy comes as France stuck in lower-mid table in European ranking

ViewTwo-thirds of publications from French labs now open access

Government claims vindication of open-science policy, but variation between disciplines remains pronounced

ViewFrance news roundup: 2-8 March

This week: ANR raises contributions, France Universités calls for clarity, Retailleau declaims bureaucracy

ViewNext French pesticide-reduction plan will drop targets

Prime minister promises boost to research in third Ecophyto agricultural R&D plan

ViewResearchers and students join renewed pension protests

French higher education unions strike while scientists highlight special pension issues for researchers