Funded in 1939, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) is a government-funded research organization under the administrative authority of France's Ministry of Research. CNRS research units are spread throughout France, and employ a large body of permanent researchers, engineers, technicians, and administrative staff. The CNRS annual budget represents one-quarter of French public spending on civilian research.

CNRS (http://www.cnrs.fr/index.php) is organized in 1211 laboratories, either intramural or in partnership with universities, other research organizations or industry. As one of the largest fundamental research organization in Europe, CNRS is involved in all scientific fields and is largely involved in national, European, and international projects. Interdisciplinary programs and actions offer a gateway into new domains of scientific investigation and enable CNRS to address the needs of society and industry.

CNRS has a long experience in the management of European projects. With a large place for collective guidance as part of the management inside the consortium; the organisation will provide a strong administrative support to such projects, with dedicated staff on financial, legal, and administrative issues.

The present project will be managed by the Ile de France Sud Regional Office of CNRS (DR4) which is located on Paris Saclay Campus, an exceptional scientific and economic area, which accommodates a large number of scientific establishments and institutions: public research organisations (CNRS, INRA, ONERA, INSERM, CEA...), higher education establishments (École Polytechnique, Université Paris Sud, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, HEC, Supelec, ENS Cachan, ENSAE ParisTech, AgroParisTech, Institut Mines-Télécom, École Centrale Paris...) and private research centres (Air Liquide, Danone, Thales R&T...). The objective of the Paris Saclay Campus (http://www.campus-paris-saclay.fr/en) in development is to make the Paris- Saclay Campus one of the best university campuses in the world. A campus known for the excellence and volume of knowledge produced, as well as the quality and originality of the education being taught.

Person in charge of the project: Prof. Emmanuelle Deleporte.

E. Deleporte is professor at École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan). The main mission of ENS Cachan is to train students for research and higher education, by providing them with a top-quality cultural and research education, in the tradition of excellence of Écoles normales supérieures. Both a training centre and a research centre, ENS Cachan gathers 13 internationally recognized laboratories, in basic sciences, in humanities and social sciences, and in engineering sciences. 3 federative institutes promote interactions between the laboratories, and give support to interdisciplinary actions, which contributes to ENS Cachan’s originality and strength. Bringing together disciplines, which no other institution congregates in such a way or at such a level, is a unique feature of ENS Cachan. In this environment, students receive a research- based and research-oriented training, reinforced in their own discipline, and at the same time, interdisciplinary and internationally open, leading them to Master’s degree and PhD. ENS Cachan is a founding member of Université Paris-Saclay, a world-class scientific university, acquiring strength from 19 grandes écoles, universities and research organizations.

More info: http://web2.lac.u-psud.fr
Contact: [email protected]

In GOTSolar Project, CNRS is represented by the following Joint Research Units:

Laboratoire Aimé Cotton - LAC (UMR 9188)

This research unit has considerable experience in the field of optical spectroscopy and light-matter interaction: cold matter, atomic and molecular physics, quantum properties of dopants or defects in solids, physics of aggregates and nanostructures, quantum optics, non-linear optics, nanophotonics, new optical techniques for data processing, life sciences and biomedical development, innovative coherent sources, laser instrumentation. LAC is a joint unit CNRS, ENS Cachan, Paris-Sud University, PPSM is a joint unit CNRS, ENS Cachan.

Leader: Jean-François Roch
More info: http://web2.lac.u-psud.fr
Contact: [email protected]

Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaires et Macromoléculaires - PPSM (UMR 8531)

The PPSM activities are focused on the study of molecules and materials which are stimulable by photo-induced phenomena, electrons action, sensitivity to the presence of ions or biological activity. All these activities are related to the contexts of environment, health, information technologies. The basic skills of the laboratory are: photochemistry, fluorescence, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, nanomaterials, molecular recognition, organic synthesis.

Leader: Fabien Miomandre
More info: http://www.ppsm.ens-cachan.fr
Contact: [email protected]