It is supervised by both the French Ministries of Research and Industry.
It has a 4,100-strong workforce, including 3,100 scientists (with over 1,000 PhD students), working in over 170 project-teams, most of which are formed jointly with other organizations, graduate schools and universities. It carries out its activity in eight regional research centers: in Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Nancy, Rennes, Rocquencourt, Saclay and Sophia Antipolis.
With a €217 M budget - 21% of which comes from its own funds - INRIA’s activity is expanding fast, both in terms of research (4,350 publications) and technology transfer (over 800 collaboration contracts under way and more than 100 businesses founded since 1984).
The research conducted at INRIA is applied in a wide range of activity sectors, including health, transport, energy, the environment, telecommunications and business.
