Individual donations

Support us

Developing top-level research and attracting the most promising talent requires a high level of financial support. Donations and bequests provide flexible, responsive funding adapted to the pace of research, so that it can continue to progress and lead to tomorrow’s innovations, while helping to solve major societal challenges.

Why support us?

Help

The 11,000 researchers in their quest for knowledge and ever-greater understanding of the world around us and of ourselves;
The 14,000 technical and administrative staff who contribute to this research on a daily basis.

Enable

To perpetuate the pioneering and free spirit of long-term research with no stated end in view, and to support a timeless organization in keeping with the wishes of its founders to contribute to the development of knowledge and the advancement of science;
The great discoveries that emerge from intellectual and experimental work that is as demanding as it is exciting;
To remain at the highest level of international competition for knowledge at a crucial time for the nation’s competitiveness.

Offer

The long time so precious to scientists;
The necessary responsiveness to current issues.

Guarantee

Research that is totally free and independent of any funding pressure.

How can you help?

Working together to support Foundation and CNRS projects;

Focus your donation on one of the societal challenges identified by CNRS:

– Climate change and energy transition;
– Health and environment;
– Ethical and responsible Artificial Intelligence;
– City of tomorrow.

How to support us :

Donations

Each and every one of your donations counts and contributes actively to supporting the work of CNRS laboratories.

Bequests and donations

By making a bequest or donation to Fondation CNRS, you can ensure long-term funding for free, long-term research, and contribute to the development of knowledge and the advancement of science.

Tax benefits

The withholding tax implemented in January 2019 preserves your tax benefits. The CNRS Foundation
is authorized to receive bequests, donations, usufructs and life insurance policies free of inheritance tax.

Donations to the CNRS Foundation are tax-deductible:

66%

of the amount of the donation, up to a maximum of 20% of taxable income if subject to income tax (IR)

75%

of the amount of the donation, up to a limit of €50,000, if it is made in respect of the IFI (tax on real estate wealth)