Research in France

The fourth ranking of French “grandes écoles” (major schools) of business and engineers committed in environmental and social transition designed by ChangeNOW and the French finance newspaper Les Echos has just been released. As in previous rankings, the 2024 survey puts the highlight on institutions that made significant efforts to implement these values, both in their training courses and programmes, and in their work on a daily basis. On the three steps of the podium of the two rankings: Mines Nancy, CentraleSupélec et l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, on the engineers’ sides, and ESSEC, ESCP and emlyon on the business schools’ side.

158 institutions are now certified with the “Bienvenue en France” certification. Congratulations to the laureates.

The European Research Council (ERC) has just released the list of 57 laureate teams of the Synergy Grants call for projects 2024. As part of the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation, The ERC selected 57 projects involving 201 researchers working in 24 countries, totalling 571 million euros. Among projects designed to foster high-level scientific collaboration, France won 13, with 10 including researchers from the CNRS.