sentences:  They are offered by certain public research institutions, the Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishments, for instance the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), or the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria).Again, people in these positions are civil servants (thus, in this sense, tenured).Their statute is governed by the Decree #83-1260 of December 30, 1983.