Research and innovation

6^th in the world

and 2^nd in Europe

In 2019, France spent $73 billion on domestic R&D

155 investments

identified in the R&D and engineering sectors in 2021

 

10%

of all projects

#1 leading recipient in Europe
for inward R&D investments

In 2022, the world’s #1 research organization most innovative

10.6 researchers for every
1,000 employees

in 2019

Germany 10.3
United Kingdom 9.3
United States 9.5

#2 in Europe

for the number of patent applications filed in 2021

Emmanuelle Charpentier

 

The French geneticist and microbiologist and Jennifer Doudna, her American counterpart, honored for the development of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology.

1st time that a Nobel Prize in the field of Science has been awarded to a wholly female duo.

 

Esther Duflo

 

The first Frenchwoman and the youngest ever person to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019 for her experimental work on global poverty reduction

13 out of 64 medals

equivalent of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics

Hugo Duminil-Copin 2022, Cédric Villani (2010), Wendelin Werner (2006), Laurent Lafforgue (2002),…

France ranked #1 in Europe

in the Top 100 Global Innovators

•  Six French companies: Airbus, Alstom, Michelin, Safran, Thales, Valeo
•  One R&D center: CEA

For 84% of foreign executives,

the French ecosystem fosters innovation

France’s research tax credit (CIR)

The most attractive R&D tax incentive program in Europe

France’s research tax credit is a tax-incentive scheme to support research  hat is open to companies of any size and from any sector

58% of businesses in France are innovative

46% of jobs in France in knowledge-intensive services in 2018

40% among the EU-28