A Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment (, EPST) is a category of public research institutes. In

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, they were authorized by Law No. 82-610 of 15 July 1982. In

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, they were authorized by decree No. 99-256 of 16 November 1999.

List of EPST in France

Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture The Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), formerly known as Cemagref, was a public research institute in France focusing on land management issues, such as water resources and agr ...

(IRSTEA, also formerly known as Cemagref) *

Centre national de la recherche scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science Basic research, also called pure research o ...

(CNRS) *

Institut national d'études démographiques The French Institute for Demographic Studies (French: ''Institut national d'études démographiques'', INED) is a French research institute specializing in demography and population studies in general. History Before 1945 In 1941, Nobel Prize wi ...

(INED) * Institut national de recherche agronomique (INRA) *

Institut de recherche pour le développement The Institut de Recherche pour le Développement or IRD () is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Higher Education and Research and Foreign Affairs. It operates internationally ...

(IRD, ex-ORSTOM) * Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux (IFSTTAR) * Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) *

National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) () is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. It was created under the name ''Institut de recherche en informatiq ...

(INRIA)

Former EPST

Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité (INRETS) is the former French national institute for transport and safety research. INRETS and the LCPC (the French Central Laboratory of Roads and Bridges) have been merged since ...

(INRETS) *

Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées A Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment (, EPST) is a category of public research institutes. In France, they were authorized by Law No. 82-610 of 15 July 1982. In Algeria, they were authorized by decree No. 99-256 of 16 November 19 ...

(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

National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology The National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (french: Centre national de recherche en anthropologie sociale et culturelle, CRASC) is an Algerian governmental research organisation in social sciences created by the decree 92 ...

External links

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