CNRS Biology and CNRS Ecology & Environment and of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale organize each year a series of four to five lectures entitled the "Jacques Monod Conferences", on new topics in fundamental biology and their applications to biotechnology, health, agronomy, and their related industries, with emphasis on recent progress of interdisciplinary research.

The primary goal of CNRS Biology and CNRS Ecology & Environment and Inserm is

The Institutes are assisted in the selection of submissions by a Scientific Committee appointed for a four year period.

The members of the Scientific Committee are : ...

Each conference is presided over by a Chairman, a top researcher in his field, who is given the task to organize the scientific programme. He is aided by a Vice-Chairman who can qualify to be the Chairman for a future conference if its renewal is approved by the Scientific Committee and the Institutes. The Chairman or the Vice-Chairman should ...

On behalf of CNRS Biology the Chairman invites twenty five speakers, who form...

Added to the invited Speakers list are those scientists - if their applications are selected by the Chairman - who will be invited to participate in the conference. Applications must ...

• Participation of the CNRS, Inserm and other organizations

The Institutes contribution to Conference funding ranges between 25,000 and 30,000 €. Financial support from other organizations is ...

The Jacques Monod Conferences are held in CNRS facilities at Roscoff (Brittany), which can accommodate 80 to 115 people. Exceptionally, ...

To attend a Jacques Monod conference, an abstract submission is mandatory. Registration requests without abstract submission will not be processed, except in specific cases (i. g. for publishers, editors). Submissions must focus on recent work that has not yet been published or is in the process of being published. Participants will be selected on the basis of the concordance between the summary of their work and the theme(s) of the conference.

Registration steps:

1/ Choose ...

The registration fee includes the following for the registered authors:

1/ Welcome reception
2/ Printed Name Card
3/ Conference proceedings
4/ ...

Cancellation, postponement and transfer of registration

All cancellations or modifications of registration must be made in writing.

Cancellation policy

If the CNRS cancels ...

A letter of invitation is a proof that your abstract and registration application are accepted by the organizers. It will be stated in English and may help with your visa application. However, it does not guarantee you a visa.

Invitation letters will only be issued ...

Registered participants ...

A call for proposals is initiated each year by CNRS Biology. Any scientist interested in organising a Jacques Monod Conference must...

The application is prepared by a Chair, assisted by a Deputy Chair, who together are in charge of organizing the Conference both in its scientific and funding aspects. One of these two must work in a laboratory in France, the other in a laboratory elsewhere (normally in Europe). The Deputy Chair may become Chair of a subsequent Conference if the Science Committee and CNRS Biology agree to repeat the Conference in question. There is no organizing committee.

The application dossier should include:

After the application's acceptance of his file in March (year of application), the Chairman officially invites the speakers on behalf of CNRS and Inserm, respecting the proposals indicated in his project and/or requests modifications to be presented by the Scientific Committee.
He must, by July 22, (year of application), provide ...

The Jacques Monod Conferences focus on new topics and recent advances in the various fields of pure biology and its applications in biotechnology, health, agronomy, and related industries, with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. Their goal is to offer ...

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