A Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment (, EPST) is a category of public research institutes. In
France
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, they were authorized by Law No. 82-610 of 15 July 1982. In
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
, they were authorized by decree No. 99-256 of 16 November 1999.
List of EPST in France
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Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA, also formerly known as Cemagref)
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Centre national de la recherche scientifique
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...
(CNRS)
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Institut national d'études démographiques
The French Institute for Demographic Studies (, ; INED) is a French research institute specializing in demography and population studies in general.
History Before 1945
In 1941, Nobel Prize winner Alexis Carrel, an early proponent of eugenics ...
(INED)
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Institut national de recherche agronomique (INRA)
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Institut de recherche pour le développement
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, or ''Institut de Recherche pour le Développement'' (IRD), is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Ministry of ...
(IRD, ex-ORSTOM)
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Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux (IFSTTAR)
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Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
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National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)
Former EPST
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Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité (INRETS)
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Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées (LCPC)
Research
A research collaboration between an EPST and a university laboratory is called a mixed research unit (''Unité mixte de recherche'' or UMR).
List of EPST in Algeria
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National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
External links
list of main French research centerson th
French research ministrywebsite .
Science and technology in France
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