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To increase the international attractiveness of France in the field of research, the State has unveiled 16 new specialized centers throughout the territory. Centers of excellence funded by both public and private funds.
Tuesday, May 16, during a visit to the Institut Curie, Emmanuel Marcon made new announcements on health by unveiling 16 new biomedical research centers, as part of the Innovation Health 2030 plan. -universities (IHU), in addition to the seven already existing, and four new “bioclusters”, ie large research sites associating public and private sectors, which will be added to a first biocluster already created on cancerology.
Female cancers, gerontology, cerebrovascular disease… will benefit from specialized centers
These centers of excellence and research will be specifically dedicated to subjects such as gerontology (in Toulouse), female cancers (at the Institut Curie in Paris), or cerebrovascular diseases (in Bordeaux) combining training, research and of experimentation as well as partnerships with industrialists. They will also be distributed across France: Lyon Marseille, from Villejuif (south of Paris) to Bordeaux, via Garches (west of Paris).
The Institut Curie, where the press conference took place, is also on the list of IHU winners. The stated objective of the Head of State today is to bring together the various skills in health – care, research and innovation – within centers of excellence.
More than a billion euros devoted to research
The Health Innovation 2030 plan has a total budget of 7.5 billion euros. Of this amount, more than a billion must be devoted to research. The State thus announces its ambition to devote more than 400 million euros to bioclusters, already financed by industrialists, and some 300 million for IHUs. An additional 100 million will be added to strengthen biology infrastructures in particular via various projects financed in France. These State investments must also be supplemented by funding from local authorities and private players.
The President also announced the establishment of a call for projects to offer French teams among the “best scientists in the world” funding over a period of 5 years to carry out research programs in France. Some fifty chairs of excellence selected in biology and health will thus be able to benefit from an additional sum of up to 2 million euros.