Research Grants

Next Scientific Committee meeting in September 2026: applications must be submitted before 30th of June for mobility effective from January 2027

L’Institut Servier Research Grants are awarded for one year of research, enabling:

  • French doctors, pharmacists or PhDs wishing to acquire additional training and/or supplement their research project abroad.
  • Or foreign medical doctors, pharmacists or PhDs wishing to supplement their training in France, with priority given to the following therapeutic areas: oncology, immuno-inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and paediatric diseases.

Eligibility criteria:

  1. Reason for the mobility and why it is necessary
  2. Candidate’s scientific studies and publications
  3. Project utility, relevance and scientific quality
  4. Candidate’s personal implication in the project
  5. Added value for the research team
  6. Candidate’s plans for further study after project completion

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In 2018, Professor Edwige SIRANSY BALAYSSAC received financial support from the Servier Institute for her enrollment in the Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation at Paris Descartes University, France.

Thanks to the skills acquired and then shared with her colleagues, Professor Edwige SIRANSY BALAYSSAC was able to open a Research and Prevention Center within the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Abidjan (Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) with a unit dedicated to the prevention and rehabilitation of chronic diseases.

She recently sent us the images below taken during the inauguration of the center on October 10, 2023.

From left to right: Dr. KONE Mamadou – Prof. KAMAGATE Djénéba (Vice-Dean) – Prof. Pascal BOGUI – Prof. SANGARE Abdoulaye (Vice-President)
Front row from left to right: Dr. YAPO Paule-Denise, Prof. Pascal BOGUI, Prof. SIRANSY BALAYSSAC Edwige, Dr. WODJE Hermance. Back row from left to right: Prof. OUATTARA Soualiho, Dr. YAO Vanessa, Dr. KOUASSI Dihoiba, Mr. N’Dri Vincent, Dr. KOUASSI Brou, Dr. BOKA Joël, Dr. KOUAME Boni.

On October 10, 2023, the Pascal BOGUI Research and Prevention Center – Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology was officially inaugurated at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Abidjan at Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, in the presence of the Vice-President of the University, Professor SANGARE Abdoulaye (representing the President of the University, Professor BALLO Zié), Deans and Vice-Deans, faculty members, and researchers from the said university.

Grant Winners of the April 2026 session

(subject to acceptance by the competent authority)

  • Idris BOUDHABHAY

Research Project: “Deciphering complement-driven mechanisms in immune checkpoint inhibitor–associated interstitial nephritis (COMP-ICI)”

Host laboratory: Pr Livia PERFETTO, Université La Sapienza de Rome, Italie

  • Mathilde CHANUT

Research Project:  “Reprogramming CAR-T Cells for fratricide resistance and enhanced persistence via one-step FAS knockout and HNF1A knock-In.“

Host laboratory: Dr Paul MACIOCIA, UCL Cancer Institute, Londres, UK

  • Corentin DAULEAC

Research Project: “Definition of qMRI-based biomarkers predictive of neurological recovery in spinal cord injury patients: translational approach between 3T and 7T MRI”

Host laboratory: Pr Julien COHEN-ADAD, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Charles DE ROQUETAILLADE

Research Project: “Dynamic Immune Trajectories in Sepsis: from Endotypes to Outcomes“

Host laboratory: Pr Purvesh KHATRI, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University, USA

  • Amélia FAVIER

Research Project: “Prognostic stratification and molecular biomarkers for early detection of gynecologic cancers”

Host laboratory: Pr Lucy GUILBERT, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

  • Chloé GROLLEAU

Research Project: “Characterizing the pathogenic role of cutaneous B cells and autoantibodies in anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis”

Host laboratory: Pr Ingrid E. LUNDBERG, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Cyrille GUILLOT-TANTAY

Research Project: “Integration of Spatial Tissue Profiling and Circulating Methylated Cell-Free DNA Biomarkers in Pig-to-Human Xenotransplantation”

Host laboratory: Pr Brendan KEATING, New York University Langone Health, NY, USA

  • Floriane JOCHUM

Research Project: “Personalization of therapeutic strategies in hormone receptor–positive breast cancer through target trial emulation”

Host laboratory: Pr Miguel Hernan and Dr Barbra Dickerman, CAUSALab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

  • Mathieu LEVAILLANT

Research Project: “Modelling equitable and efficient perinatal care pathways in Quebec: lessons from the French experience for territorial challenges”

Host laboratory: Pr Roxane BORGES DA SILVA, The School of Public Health at the University of Montreal, ESPUM, Quebec, Canada

  • Béatrice PIZZAROTTI

Research Project: “C9orf72 NDDPSY: a multimodal study on early neurodevelopmental disorders and psychopathologic traits in C9orf72 carriers”

Host laboratory: : Dr Isabelle Le Ber, ICM, Paris, France