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Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique




The Centre national de la recherche scientifique ('''CNRS''') is the largest and most prominent Public Research Organization in France . It employs 26,000 people. Its budget for 2004 was 2.214 billion EUR .




ORGANISATION


The CNRS is divided into 8 departments:


It runs its laboratories either directly or in association with universities, other higher education institutions, or other research institutions.

Researchers directly employed by CNRS are classified in two Civil Servant corps, in order of seniority:
  • ''chargés de recherche'' (2nd class, 1st class)

  • ''directeurs de recherche'' (2nd class, 1st class, exceptional class).

  • Typically, ''directeurs de recherche'' ("research directors") head research groups, though this is not a general rule.


The Centre is represented in Brussels , Beijing , Tokyo , Hanoi , the District Of Columbia , Bonn , Moscow , Tunis , Johannesburg , and Santiago De Chile .


BRIEF HISTORY


The Centre was created on in 1967 , which later became the National Institute Of Sciences Of The Universe , and the National Institute Of Nuclear And Particle Physics in 1971 .


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