Présentation PowerPoint - La France en Australie

Bilateral Science and Technology
cooperation
between France and Australia :
State of Play
by Anne ROUAULT, S&T Attache
Embassy of France in Australia
Brisbane FRAN FORUM 2015 - Session 4
The Australian Research landscape
• 39 AU Universities, 5 in Top 100 (4 FR HEI in Top 100)
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Group of Eight : UQ, University of Sydney, UNSW, ANU, Adelaide, Melbourne,
Monash, Western Australia
Australian Technology Network : RMIT, QUT, UTS, Curtin, U South Australia
Excellent Research iniative
• 2 major RPOs :
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CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) – 6500
staff- Focus on applied research (health, energy, environment, ICT, resources )
ANSTO (The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) : nuclear
research (health /environment /industry)
• 2 Research Councils :
– NHMRC (The National Health and Medical Research Council) ;
– ARC (The Australian Research Council).
AU international S&T partners
• Global context
EU is a leading research partner for Australia according to
number of joint-publications (significantly ahead of USA,
China, Canada)
Across all areas of science France is Australia’s 6th
strongest scientific publication partner, co-authoring
1,346 joint scientific publications in 2010 (Thomson
Reuters InCitesTM, 2011)
• Within the EU
France is the 3rd research partner of Australia after UK
and Germany
Bilateral S&T cooperation : framework
• 1977 : Australia-France Agreement on Cultural and
Scientific Cooperation
• 2012 : Joint Statement of Strategic Partnership to
mark 170 years of friendship between Australia and
France
… acknowledges the value of science and innovation
cooperation between Australia and France
Research
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370 active collaborative agreements signed between 1992 and 2012, 70.5% having a research
component, alongside exchanges students, staff and / or cross border training programs
Intense and well-structured research collaboration with CNRS
Long track record of S&T collaboration with INSERM (MoU INSERM –NHMRC signed mid -80s)
in human health and medical research
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10 Key French research partners for Australia : CNRS, UPMC, INSERM, U Paris 11, Grenoble
UJF, Paris 7, Paris 5, Montpellier 2, CEA et U Toulouse
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10 Key Australian partners : U Sydney, U Melbourne, ANU, UNSW, UQ, Monash, Western
Australia, Adelaide, Macquarie, CSIRO
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Key areas of collaboration :
- Biology, Human Health and medical Research
- Environmental sciences
- Engineering
- ICT
S&T cooperation with CNRS
• CNRS Co-publications du CNRS with AU labs (Humanities excluded) :
→ 30 032 AU publications in 2010 (rank : 10th)
→ AU is 15th scientific partner of CNRS worldwide.
→ Number of joint-publications multiplied by 3 in 10 years.
→ 42 % of AU / CNRS joint-publications are in STUE
• Publications et (co)publications (2010)
→ TOTAL AU Publications in 2010 : 30 032
→ Joint-publications with France : 1 278
→ Joint -publications with CNRS : 600
AU Joint-publications with FR and
CNRS - Breakdown per thematic
Thématique
Publications
Copublications avec
la France
Copublications avec
le CNRS
Physique
2 518
138
96
Sciences de
l’ingénieur
2 650
69
45
Chimie
5 396
142
81
Sciences de
l’univers
4 017
297
253
Biologie
fondamentale
6 761
273
116
Ecologie – biologie
appliquées
3 883
132
60
Recherche médicale 13 083
482
51
Mathématiques
459
20
15
Multidisciplinaires
755
37
31
CNRS agreements
and joint research projects (PRC)
Existing agreements bw CNRS and Australian partners :
- CNRS / University of Melbourne (support to mobility)
- CNRS / Australian Research Council (ARC) : “ARC Centre of
Excellence for Core to Fluid Systems” ; “ARC Centre of Excellence for
Integrated Coral Reef Studies”
Joint Research projects CNRS / University of Melbourne :
Chemistry : The use of magnetic resonance to understand the association at
cell membranes of proteins involved in Alzheimer’s disease
Biology : G-protein coupled receptor as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in
colorectal cancer ; High-resolution genetic mapping of dengue susceptibility
loci in the Aedes aegypti genome
Ecology et environment : Enregistrement par les spéléothèmes de l’activité
ENSO en Polynésie française
Humanities and social sciences : Procréation et justice distributive
Earth science : Dispersion sélective induite par champ électrique de particules
fines pour l’enrichissement des minerais durable
CNRS International Associated Labs
(LIA)
- Ecology et environment : McoMM – Multimodal
Communication in Marine Mammals ( Macquarie)
- Humanities and Social Sciences : TransOceanik –
Interactive research, mapping, and creative agency in the
Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic
- Engineering and systems : ALPhFA – Associated
Laboratory for Photonics between France & Australia
- Mathematics : AnGe – LIA in Analysis and Geometry
CNRS International projects for
scientific cooperation(PICS)
Biology : Etude du rôle de l’apicoplaste dans la synthèse lipidique et la biogénèse des
parasites Apicomplexa / Perceptual and cognitive impairments after central or
peripheral vision loss - tunnelvision
Chemistry :Nanostructures Hybrides TiO2@metal noble for Energy Applications »
(HYNANOFE) / Multipolar Redox-active Organometallic Assemblies Exhibiting Large
Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Sections : Establishing Structure-Property Relationships
to Facilitate the Rational Design of Molecular Materials with Switchable Optoelectronic Properties (OPTOREDOX)
ICT : Management system of UAVs for surveillance - SWARMS
Engineering and systems : Énergie propre des océans : Vibration induite par
l’écoulement de structure allongées / Explorer la matière soumise à des conditions
extrêmes induites par laser femtoseconde (EMULSION)
Physics : Lifshitz theory for two dimensional systems - 2DvdW + GDRI EHEDE in
Ecology and Environmental science ( Ecosystem Health and environmental disease
ecology)
Human Health, medical research
INSERM / NHRMC collaboration agreement
since 1980s
Key area of collaboration : Genetics, cancer,
neurosciences, infectious diseases,
neurodegenerative diseases, diabetis,
bioinformatics
On-going initiatives and trends
• Long track records of research staff and students
exchanges bw Fr and Australia (i.e AAS)
• Reinforced cooperation between INSERM and U
Sydney in Medical Research (Neuroscience)
• Perspectives of Joint Research Units bw Institut
Pasteur / WEHI / Monash
• Potentialities of enhanced strategic S&T
cooperation with COMUEs – Sorbonne Paris Cite,
Saclay, PSL, Toulouse… and beyond
Possible points for discussion
• STEM areas where S&T bilateral collaborations could/should lead to
new paths for cutting-edge research ?
• How to engage in greater strategic partnerships with French COMUEs
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• What are the current impediments to S&T bilateral cooperation ?
• How does Australia intend to support the participation of Australian
applicants in the context of H2020 projects ?
• What could be the appropriate incentives and mechanism supports
to foster S&T bilateral cooperation ? Cooperation with ANR ? Through
ERA nets on health that ANR is coordinating ?
• Suggested evolutions of French Embassy S&T funding instruments
(PHC Fasic / Short term mobility scheme) to better support
development of research projects on areas of key interest?
• How to support exchanges of best practices in the area of knowledge
transfer and academia/industry clustering bw our two countries?