Fédération de recherche (France)

Fédération de recherche (France)
Name	Fédération de recherche
Native name	Fédération de recherche (France)
Formation	20th century
Type	Research consortium
Headquarters	Paris
Region served	France
Language	French

Fédération de recherche (France) is a formal grouping of French research units that pools resources and coordinates programs across institutions such as Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, École normale supérieure, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives. Federations connect laboratories, teams and infrastructures affiliated with organizations including Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut Pasteur, INRAE, CNES, and CEA-List to support collaborative projects with partners like Sorbonne Université, École Polytechnique, Université Grenoble Alpes and Aix-Marseille Université.

Overview

Fédérations de recherche link units from institutions such as Université de Strasbourg, Université de Lyon, Université de Toulouse, Université de Bordeaux, Université de Lille, and Université de Montpellier to coordinate efforts with national bodies like Agence nationale de la recherche, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, Conseil européen de la recherche, and international entities such as Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire, European Space Agency, UNESCO and World Health Organization. They often engage with technical platforms at Institut national de la recherche agronomique sites, heritage collections at Bibliothèque nationale de France, and observatories like Observatoire de Paris to aggregate capabilities across institutions including Centre Pompidou and Institut Curie.

Legal Status and Governance

A Fédération de recherche may be created under French administrative frameworks used by Centre national de la recherche scientifique and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives and is governed by statutes referencing stakeholders such as Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Université de Lorraine and Université de Nantes. Governance structures resemble those found at Collège de France, Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale and Institut national de la langue française with boards including representatives from Conseil scientifique de la recherche and partner institutions like CHU de Grenoble, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, and Institut Gustave Roussy.

Purpose and Activities

Fédérations support thematic programs spanning researchers linked to Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique and Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées, coordinate corpora housed at Musée du quai Branly, organize platforms similar to Genopole and Institut Louis-Victor de Broglie, and foster collaborations with entities such as Air Liquide, Sanofi, TotalEnergies, Thales, and Dassault Systèmes. Activities include joint doctoral training with schools like École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, postdoctoral exchanges with Institut Henri Poincaré, shared facilities akin to Nanocentre de Grenoble, and cross-institutional projects with Association européenne pour la recherche sur le cancer, Institut Mondial de la Nature and Fondation Bettencourt Schueller.

Organization and Membership

Membership typically comprises laboratories and research teams from CNRS, INSERM, INRIA, INRAE, IRD, IFSTTAR, and university departments at Université Paris 13, Université Paris Nanterre, Université Paris Descartes, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Federations may include technical staff from Centre d'études spatiales des rayonnements, curators from Musée d'Orsay, clinicians from Hospices civils de Lyon, and engineers from Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées, ensuring links with organizations like Agence de l'innovation de défense, Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, and Centre spatial universitaire.

Funding and Resources

Funding sources combine grants from Agence nationale de la recherche, budget lines from Ministère des Armées, endowments from Fondation de France, contracts with corporations such as EDF, Bouygues, and Veolia, and European funding via Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, European Regional Development Fund, and collaborations with European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Resource sharing involves large instruments at SOLEIL synchrotron, computing clusters similar to TGCC, biological platforms at Institut Pasteur and greenhouse facilities at INRAE Montpellier often supported by regional authorities like Région Île-de-France, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Région Occitanie.

Notable Federations and Examples

Examples include federations anchored by Université Grenoble Alpes integrating CEA, CNRS, and INRIA teams; federations at Université de Lorraine coordinating units from Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle and CNRS; federations associated with Université Paris-Saclay linked to CEA and CEA List; federations around Institut Pasteur partnering with INSERM, Institut Curie, and CNRS; and federations at Université de Lyon coordinating hospitals like Centre Léon Bérard and institutes such as ENS de Lyon. Other cases connect with research infrastructures like Plateforme d'Analyse et de Recherche sur les Bioprocédés, observatories including Plateforme Biologique de l'Observatoire de Paris, and interdisciplinary hubs linked to Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and Institut d'Études Avancées.

Impact and Evaluation

Evaluations use metrics from agencies such as Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur, benchmarking against initiatives like Initiative d'Excellence and comparisons with consortia such as Consortium national de recherche en informatique scientifique. Impact assessments consider outputs published in venues like Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, patents filed with INPI, translational projects with Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, and technology transfers to firms like CEA Tech, Safran, and BioMérieux. Reviews involve peer panels including members from Académie des sciences, Académie nationale de médecine, European Research Council reviewers, and international partners from Max Planck Society, German Research Foundation, and National Science Foundation.

Category:Research organizations based in France