Press release

 

Press release from the Directorate-General of the CNRS

Paris, September 13, 2001

 

On September 13, in the name of the CNRS, Geneviève Berger, Director General, sent a message of sympathy and compassion to Rita Colwell, Director of the NSF* (National Science Foundation), major partner institution of the CNRS in the United States. The CNRS expresses its condolences to the American people and in particular to the scientific community with whom it collaborates daily.

 

* NSF : the government agency in charge of the funding and the promotion of basic research in science and engineering at universities.
Since 1985, over 800 projects have received support through the CNRS/NSF agreement.