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ViewFrance chooses final projects for science and society network

Fourteen regional initiatives to share €10.3 million

ViewCNRS pushes for pillar refurbishments in FP10

French research agency aims for greater integration of fundamental research and innovation

ViewFrance news roundup: 27 June to 3 July

This week: an Inria partnership deal and new members for the Udice university group

ViewJump in French PhD awards

But official figures also show decline in enrolment on international doctoral programmes

ViewFrench research unites against National Rally

Calls from across science and academia urge voters to block ascent of far-right party

ViewFrance news roundup: 20-26 June

This week: election manifestos, a neurodevelopment institute and a research programme for creatives

ViewFrench ocean scientists rally round ailing agency

Government funding for Ifremer is insufficient to meet demand, researchers say

ViewSilos in EU R&I must end, say French university heads

University leaders call for greater integration of training and innovation in Horizon Europe successor programme

ViewFrance news roundup: 13-19 June

This week: R&D dashboard update, military AI deal, environmental health projects

ViewFrance looks to grow mental health tech

Government plan proposes dedicated funding for researchers and innovators

ViewRed coalition goes green for French election

Left-wing bloc’s manifesto doubles down on environmental policy but gives scant attention to research

ViewFrance news roundup: 6-12 June

This week: research on light, a CNRS staff bonus and a pharma industry re-election

ViewParis-Saclay elects president

University’s temporary administrator, Camille Galap, moves into top job

ViewResearcher unions urge alliance against National Rally in election

“Massive mobilisation” of university staff needed to prevent far-right victory, French unions say

ViewFrance news roundup: 30 May to 5 June

This week: a deal with South Korea and a “gravely concerning” outlook for universities

ViewFrench research consortium inks deal with Springer Nature

But consortium member CNRS turns terms down again

View‘Contempt for youth’: Small fee hike draws big union response

French university fees will rise in line with inflation after six-year freeze

ViewFrance news roundup: 23-29 May

This week: a Paris-Saclay presidential hopeful drops out and learned societies launch a parliamentary partnership

ViewFrench AI clusters up and running with €360m to play with

Recruitment at artificial intelligence centres of excellence “has to happen very quickly”, Macron says

ViewFrance news roundup: 16-22 May

This week: Sanofi does AI deal, research agencies promote diversity and ANR readies for evaluation

ViewANR applicants free to use AI tools in bids

But evaluators at the French national funder are constrained by confidentiality guidelines

ViewDouble funding for EU science, urge French university heads

France Universités sets out 22-point plan to bolster EU research and higher education

ViewFrance news roundup: 9-15 May

This week: Microsoft invests in French AI and EcoPhyto under fire again

ViewFrench university blockades spur parliamentary inquiry

Investigation to probe “respect for republican values” in higher education

View‘No solid scientific basis’: learned society leaders decry budget cuts

Thirty-six representatives hit out at “short-sighted” cuts to French public spending

ViewFrance news roundup: 2-8 May

This week: Paris-Saclay looks for a leader, France Biotech finds one, Gaza conference receives go-ahead

ViewFrance-Israel partnerships are not up for debate, minister says

Retailleau tells university presidents that reneging on academic cooperation is “out of the question”

ViewFrance relaunches paused pesticide reduction plan

But change of indicator is “a sign of the end” of reduction efforts, says researcher

ViewFrance news roundup: 25 April to 1 May

This week: nuclear research gets the go-ahead and the CNRS launches a health roadmap

ViewRetailleau pledges zero tolerance of campus occupations

But French research minister rejects call to withdraw funding from Sciences Po after pro-Palestine protests