CNRS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION with JAPAN National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) 1
CNRS ORGANISATIONAL DATA I Organization type: scientific & technological public organization, under administrative authority of the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research I Creation: 1939 I It is the largest fundamental research organization in Europe I Research carried out in all fields of knowledge I Research performed in partnership with universities and/or research organizations as well as private companies within joint research units I number of research units (laboratories): 1,100 I 95% of research units are joint research units: 1,045 2
THE 10 CNRS INSTITUTES I mathematical sciences I physics I information sciences and technologies I nuclear and particle physics I earth sciences and astronomy I chemistry I biological sciences I humanities and social sciences I ecology and the environment I engineering 3
RESULTS UP TO OBJECTIVES I 43,000 publications/year on average for the period 2007-2011, according to the Global Scimago Institutions Rankings 2013 I 57% published jointly with foreign partners (30% European partners) I 20 Nobel Prize laureates, 13 Fields Medal award winners and 1 Turing Award recipient Jules Hoffmann, 2011 Medicine Serge Haroche, 2012 Martin Karplus, 2013 Physics Chemistry Jean Tirole, 2014 Economics 4
CNRS STRONG INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE Through an active partnership and cooperation policy with other European and international research organizations, the CNRS: I Contributes to promoting French research worldwide through 35 International Joint Units (UMI), 22 research centers in the humanities and social sciences outside France and 9 offices abroad I Is involved in 162 International Associated Laboratories (LIA) and 103 International Research Networks (GDRI) I Participates in 318 International Projects for Scientific Cooperation (PICS) 5
CNRS OFFICES ABROAD Washington (USA, Canada & Mexico) Brussels (European Union) New Delhi (India) Beijing (China) Singapore (ASEAN) Tokyo (Japan, Korea Taiwan) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Pretoria (South Africa) 6
CNRS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION The CNRS plays a key role in global structuration & has developed a range of cooperative tools functioning on a competitive basis Structuration Excellence Structuring Prospective UMI Mirror UMI LIA GDRI PICS & JRP International joint units + "Mirror" structures / joint units abroad (humanities & social sciences) International associated laboratories International research networks 4+4 +4 years 4+4 years 4+4 years International scientific cooperation projects / joint research projects 3 years
CNRS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (2) I PICS: International Cooperation Project I based on an ongoing collaborative relationship I researchers must respond jointly to a call for proposals I implementation after a positive bilateral co-evaluation I funding aims at mobility: visits, meetings, and small equipment I 3 years, not renewable I GDRI: International Research Network I brings together several laboratories from two or more countries to coordinate research on a specific topic I funding is used mainly for mobility, seminars and workshops I 4-8 years 8
CNRS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (3) I LIA: International Lab «without walls» I brings together partner institutions which contribute human & material resources to a jointly-defined project I laboratories retain their independence, legal status, directors &locations I the LIA is coordinated by 2 P.I. (who submit a research program to the steering committee) I joint funding for mobility, small equipment I 4-8 years I UMI: joint lab in single location & permanent CNRS staff I located either in France or in another country I staffed by personnel from both the CNRS and the partner country I headed by a Director, jointly appointed by CNRS & partner institution I 4-12 years I mirror structure = associated labs in France to facilitate cooperation 9
Focus on Japan 10
CO-PUBLICATIONS WITH JAPAN Evolution of the number of co-publications France Japan co-publications CNRS Japan co-publications 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1245 1278 1465 1521 1378 834 853 989 1023 961 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011* I France: 5 th partner of Japan, after USA, China, Germany & UK I CNRS: 70% of France Japan co-publications in 2011 I 6% of Japanese international co-publications with CNRS 11
CNRS JAPAN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS I Funding agencies I Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS 1973 I Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST 1999 I Research organisations / Universities I National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, AIST 1990 I Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN 2001 I National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS 2004 I High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation, KEK 2004 I University of Tokyo 1994 I Osaka University 2005 I Kyoto University 2013 I Keio University 2013 12
JAPAN - INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS Knowledge Interactions & Decisions, with Kyoto U. multiple c. Matter in extreme conditions, with Osaka U. Finance & employment in Asia, with Waseda U. - multiple countries NEW Plant Integrative Biology, with Osaka U., Tokyo U., Saitama U.. 13 international networks: 5 INSHS, 1 INC, 2 INSB, 2 INSMI, 1 INSIS, 1 INEE, 1 INP Nano & Micro Systems, with Tokyo U. Tohoku U. - multiple countries Ecosystem Health & Environmental Disease Ecology, with Asahikawa Medical U., Kyoto U. - multiple countries NEW NEW NEW Origins of Globalization & Europe-Asia Divergence, with Tokyo U. - multiple countries Singularity Theory, with Hokkaido U., Kagoshima U., Kyushu U., Tokyo U. of Science Cancer, with Scientific Support Programs for Cancer Research Reaction-Diffusion Network in Mathematics & Biomedecine, with Meiji U., Tokyo U. - multiple countries Human Globalization: Migrations & Generations, with Maison franco-japonaise - multiple countries Orientalism, with Toyo Bunko - multiple countries Organic Molecules Photocommutation, with Japan Network for photoresponsive substances - multiple countries 13
JAPAN - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED LABORATORIES 7 LIAs: 1 SSH, 3 engineering, 1 chemistry, 2 nuclear & particle physics Human Protection & Responses to the Disaster, with Doshisha U. & Fukushima U. Innovative Catalysts & Processes for Oxidation Reactions, Biomass Conversion, with Hokkaido U. Engineering & Science Lyon Tohoku Lab, with Tohoku U. France-Japan Particle Physics, with KEK,Tsukuba Reaction Diffusion Lab Mathematics & Biology, with Tokyo U. & Meiji U. Photovoltaic, with Tokyo U. France-Japan Nuclear Structure Problems, with RIKEN France-Japan Magnetic Fusion Lab, with Kyushu U., Osaka U. & Nat. Institute for Fusion Science 14
JAPAN - INTERNATIONAL JOINT UNITS 5 UMIs: 1 SSH, 3 engineering, 1 chemistry Joint Robotics Laboratory, with AIST - Tsukuba Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials & Structures, with St Gobain Company, at NIMS - St Gobain K.K. - Partnership with industry NEW Maison Franco-Japonaise, with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laboratory of Integrated Micro-Mechatronic Systems, with Tokyo U - 1 st UMI in the world Opening of UMI to EU partnership (INCOLAB): Germany, Finland & Switzerland Japan-France Laboratory for Informatics, with Tokyo University, Keio University, & Nat. Institute of Informatics 15
CONCLUDING REMARKS I Japan is the oldest and main partner of CNRS in Asia I Number of co-publications of CNRS with Japan has increased steadily over time I Same with number of missions from CNRS labs to Japan I Number of structured actions increasing: I 5 th UMI created this year in Tsukuba: UMI LINK in materials science with St Gobain K.K. and hosted at NIMS I 2 more UMIs planned in the next 2 years 16