** Missions
INRIA’s ambition is to be a world player, a research institute at the heart of the information society.
INRIA aims to network skills and talents from the fields of information and computer science and technology from the entire French research system. This network allows scientific excellence to be used for technological progress, for creating employment and wealth and for new uses in response to socio-economic needs.
INRIA’s decentralized organization (6 Research Units), its small autonomous teams, and regular evaluation enable INRIA to develop its partnerships, with 95 research projects shared with universities, Grandes Ecoles and research organizations. It is also strengthening its involvement in the development of research results and technology transfer: 400 R & D contracts with industry and 50 technology companies have been born of the Institute.
**Key Figures
- Budget: 120 Million Euros (January 2003):75% state funded
Human Resources - INRIA permanent positions: 900 (400 researchers, 500 engineers and technicians)
- Post-docs, engineers, visitors:750
- Doctoral candidates: 700
- Researchers and professors from other organizations : 450
- « Expert engineers » (on research contracts): 200
Indicators - Active contracts bringing in revenues: over 600
- Contracts bringing in revenues signed during the year: over 300
- Around 60 companies stem from INRIA, starting with Ilog which is now listed on Nasdaq to the most recent – 6 in 1999, 12 in 2000, 4 in 2001, 3 in 2002.
- The portfolio of active patents numbered 100 items in January 2002. Sixty commercial software licenses and 60 software licenses were active in January 2002.
