Institutional highlights -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alain Fuchs, President of CNRS, and Michel Cosnard, Chairman and CEO of Inria. CNRS and Inria strengthen ties Working hand in hand to promote research in the digital sciences: this Ambassadors of innovation is the objective set by the framework agreement signed in April 2011 by CNRS and the French Institute for Research in Computer Science Economist Esther Duflo, physicist Mathias Fink, and robotics specialist and Control (Inria). Both institutions committed themselves to pursuing François Pierrot received the Medal of Innovation in April 2011. CNRS joint research projects, strengthening scientific communication created this new award to honor exceptional research work in the targeting the widest possible audience, facilitating access to technological, therapeutical, economical, or societal fields. The three experimental and technical facilities for all teams, increasing activities laureates are the first ambassadors for research focused on economical abroad, and promoting technology transfer. and societal issues. Directorship appointments in 2011: Institute of Chemistry: Régis Réau Institute of Engineering and Systems Sciences: Claudine Schmidt-Lainé Human Resources: Christophe Coudroy Communications Department: Brigitte Perucca Very Large-scale Scientific Facilities and Infrastructures Committee: Michel Kochoyan Ethics Committee: Michèle Leduc Mission for Interdisciplinarity: Pierre Guillon A new plan for the disabled Transferring patents to SMEs In October 2011, CNRS signed a new memorandum of understanding to support the recruitment and integration of disabled staff. This CNRS decided to sell its unused patents at very attractive prices to French memorandum, a follow-up to the initial 2007 agreement, reasserts small and medium-sized businesses and industries, rather than leave the organization’s commitment to granting identical rights to all them dormant. This project—part of a research partnership aimed at its personnel and giving everyone equal access to jobs and career promoting knowledge transfer and adapting inventions to specific market opportunities. Key issues include keeping personnel on the job by requirements—covers about 1,000 patent families. More than100 small providing suitable assistance, better information on disabled workers’ and medium-sized businesses and industrial companies have expressed status and rights, and stepping up recruitment. interest since the announcement in December 2011. 51 2011 A year at CNRS
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