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"Startup Breakfast" on February 19: “Public & Private funding: Foundation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM), its support of Innovation from Medical Research”
The next “Startup Breakfast” will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9a.m. in room 11, on the second floor of the Émile Roux Pavilion.
The theme is “Public & Private funding: Foundation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM), its support of Innovation from Medical Research” with an invited speaker, Dr. Amandine Touzeau, Responsible for managing calls for scientific projects, FRM.
Amandine Touzeau earned her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Université Paris Cité and Institut Jaques Monod-Paris 7/CNRS in 2018. Following her doctorate, she began her career as a research and innovation funding consultant at Inneace, a consulting firm specializing in financing and innovation advisory. Within two years, she advanced to the position of consultant manager in research and innovation funding, supporting a portfolio of around thirty companies engaged in research and innovation across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including IT, biotech, health, industry, construction, education & training, video games, etc.
In 2023, Dr.Touzeau joined the FRM, where she now manages calls for scientific projects. In this role, she guides researchers and research teams through the FRM’s funding processes, ensuring that the projects secure the financing resources required to advance their work.
The FRM is France’s leading charitable funder of biomedical research. By adopting a dynamic, multidisciplinary approach, it selects and finances more than 350 promising research initiatives each year, covering a wide range of diseases.
This session will delve into how FRM actively supports innovation in medical research, illustrate the foundation’s measurable impact on French biomedical research. The range of grants and support mechanisms of the FRM available to researchers seeking to translate their discoveries into real-world solutions will be presented.
Join us to discover the pioneering efforts of the FRM and learn how its funding program can empower your research journey toward tangible, innovative outcomes.
Participation is free, but registration is required to organise effectively. Please register by emailing suaw@pasteur.fr.
The “Startup Breakfast”, a monthly seminar, held at the Institut Pasteur, is designed to introduce you to the various aspects of creating and developing life science companies, and the associated challenges.
Eight sessions will be organized throughout the academic year 2025-2026 on a specific theme presented by an external expert. These friendly, informal meetings will enable you to interact easily with the speaker. They will be followed by a “networking” where you will be able to exchange ideas amongst yourselves and with startup alumni who will be able to share their experience.