The French public budget › Research & higher education · State · 2026
Multidisciplinary scientific and technological research
Research, research, general resources and research support…: the 2nd largest of the 8 parts of “Research & higher education”.
8.2bn€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 20247.7bn€
Spent in 20257.9bn€
Voted for 20268.2bn€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Research17%1.4bn€
Research15%1.3bn€
General resources and research support14%1.2bn€
Research14%1.1bn€
National Research Agency13%1.1bn€
Research11%897M€
Research6%456M€
Major research infrastructures4%338M€
3 more lines, from 315 M€ to 84 M€
Steering and coordination4%315M€
Dissemination, promotion and transfer of knowledge and technologies2%175M€
Research1%84M€
Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.