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Europe Month: a closer look at the European projects under way at the Institut Pasteur

Europe Day was celebrated on May 9. Each year, this event promotes peace and unity in Europe as part of the wider celebration of Europe Month. To mark the occasion, the Grants Office (GO) team wanted to shine a light on all the Institut Pasteur's European initiatives since 2014.


Key Figures for European Grants H2020 (2014-2020



23,7% for Institut Pasteur (compared to 17.4% for France, 16.3% for Germany and 15.5% for UK)

A total of 117 projects funded (79 million euros)

67 collaborative projects, including 8 coordinations:

• Infravec2
• MOSBRI
• SoNarGlobal
• FunHoMic
• Hearlight
• PASTEURDOC
• LeiShieldMati
• SafeAqua
 

24 European Research Council projects were funded (11 starting, 9 consolidator, 3 advanced and 1 Proof of Concept), meaning a success rate of 30% (compared to 14% success rate in France). 

 

Save the Date: The Grants Office will organize a coordinators event to inspire Institut Pasteur researchers to apply as coordinators for European Grants on July 12 from 3.30pm to 5pm. The Grants Office will communicate this information soon within the campus.

 

 

Key Figures for European Grants Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

 


4 collaborative projects in Health, including 2 projects in coordination:

• R2D2-MH: Risk, Resilience and Developmental Diversity in Mental Health. Coordinated by Dr. Thomas Bourgeron, 26 partners, more than 10 million euros funding.

• PvSTATEM- Serological Testing and Treatment for P. Vivax: from a cluster -randomised trial in Ethiopia and Madagascar to a mobile-technology supported intervention », coordinated by Dr Michael White, 7 partners, around 8 million euros funding


2nd best French Institution in terms of success rate (2021 health Horizon Europe calls).

3 ERC laureates:

• Thibaut Brunet- EvoMorphoCell – From cell shape to organism shape: the cellular basis for the evolutionary origin of animal morphogenesis. Starting Grant

• David Bikard- crInSitu- In situ genetic perturbation of gut bacteria with engineered phage vectors and CRISPR). Consolidator Grant

• Shahragim Tajbakhsh- STENIPATH. Stem and niche cell dynamics in normal and pathological conditions. Advanced Grant

 

The Grants Office supports your team in the design and application of your European grants. At the GO different expertise on European Commission (EC) Grants, scientific writing and research ethics for the EC can help your grant to be successful.

For more information you can click here

 

You can also contact the Grants Office at: goeurope@pasteur.fr

 

As a complement, the Grants Office at Institut Pasteur hosts a National Contact Point on the Health Cluster Horizon Europe (Vania Rosas vrosas@pasteur.fr, double affiliation: Institut Pasteur and MESRI). A national contact point provides guidance, practical information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon Europe.

For more information you can look at the following page where you can find all the relevant information regarding the new framework program Horizon Europe.

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