Question 17589 — research and innovation

Summary

Ms. Sandrine Nosbé draws the attention of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space to the extremely worrying situation of funding for French public research and to the consequences it has on the collective capacity to meet the challenges of tomorrow. While the country is faced with major challenges in terms of ecological transition, public health, industrial sovereignty, economic transformation and social cohesion, research constitutes an essential strategic investment. However, public research organizations see their resources deteriorate year after year, in a context marked by increasing budgetary constraints. Fundamental research, the results of which are not always immediately perceptible, is nevertheless at the origin of the discoveries and innovations which shape societies sustainably. It constitutes the basis of French scientific excellence and technological independence. However, successive reforms in research funding have contributed to increasing the complexity of the systems while reinforcing the precariousness of the funding granted to laboratories and research teams. The difficulties encountered today by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) particularly illustrate this situation. Forced to mobilize more than 500 million euros of its working capital to balance its accounts, the establishment had to face, during the year 2026, a new reduction in credits of 20 million euros. These budgetary restrictions, which directly affect the operating, equipment and investment credits of research units, compromise the conduct of numerous scientific projects and lastingly weaken the country's research capacities. The reduction in funding from the National Research Agency (ANR) further accentuates these difficulties and poses serious uncertainties for the future of many laboratories. Beyond budgetary issues, the MP also wishes to draw attention to the situation of public research personnel. Despite their high level of qualification and their essential contribution to the general interest, many of them continue to face insufficient remuneration and deteriorating working conditions. This situation harms the attractiveness of scientific careers and encourages the departure of many talents to other sectors or abroad. CNRS staff representatives are alerting today to a situation that they consider critical and express their concern about the establishment's ability to fully pursue its public service missions in the years to come. She asks him what the Government's intentions are regarding the evolution of the financial resources allocated to public research organizations as well as the measures envisaged to guarantee a budgetary trajectory consistent with the scientific ambitions of the country, as well as the prospects salary increases for public research personnel and the actions planned to strengthen the attractiveness of scientific professions.

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