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

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, 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

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 (; "National Institute of Scientific and Technological Research for Environment and Agriculture"; IRSTEA), formerly known as Cemagref, was a public ...

(IRSTEA, also formerly known as Cemagref) *

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) *

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) * Institut national de recherche agronomique (INRA) *

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) * 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 The (Inserm, ) is the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. History and organisation Inserm was created in 1964 as a successor to the French National Institute of Health. Inserm is the only public research institution ...

(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 French Institute for Research in Comp ...

(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 Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées, LCPC (the French Central Laboratory ...

(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 (, CRASC) is an Algerian governmental research organisation in social sciences created by the decree 92-215 on May 23, 1992. The Centre operates under the aegis of the Ministry ...

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