Key figures

IFP Energies nouvelles in 2010

• 1,719 total full-time equivalent workforce for 2010, including 1,166 researchers (managers and technicians). 46% of the managers hold doctoral degrees and some fifty researchers hold a national accreditation to direct research (HDR). In addition, IFP Energies nouvelles hosts an average of 156 doctoral students and 26 post-doctoral researchers per year.

• € 311.3 million operating expenses including €252.7 million for R&D
  Products:
  - budget allocation: €169 million
  - other products: €115.5 million
  - dividends: €33.6 million

• 179 basic patent applications in 2010, including 98 in the field of new energy technologies and 1,134 rights created abroad. The total portfolio represents 12,900 active patents meaning that IFP Energies nouvelles is ranked amongst the top 10 patent applicants in France according to the number of patents published by INPI (Institut national de la propriété industrielle) in 2010. In addition, IFP Energies nouvelles is the 10th largest French patent applicant in the United States (with 76 patents granted in 2009).

• 252 articles published in international scientific journals, including 221 listed in the Thomson-Reuters ISI database. In addition, three new books written by IFP Energies nouvelles researchers were published in 2010

• 28 European projects in which IFP Energies nouvelles is involved for FP6 and 20 for FP7, including 3 as coordinator.

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