PEPR MIE - Laureates Day 2026

02 March 2026

In brief

On March 2nd 2025, the ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE) will gather and present research projects selected for the Priority Research Programme and Equipment for Emerging Infectious Diseases (PEPR MIE) and funded by the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI) through the France 2030 plan.

  • Date: Monday, March 2nd 2026, from 9 am to 6 pm C.E.T.
  • Location: PariSanté Campus (2 – 10 Rue d’Oradour-sur-Glane, 75015 Paris)

Missions of the PEPR MIE

PEPR MIE, which concerns the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases, is led by ANRS MIE in collaboration with its various French academic partners. It has been deployed through three annual call for proposals in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In order to meet the objectives, ANRS MIE has developed a strategy to fund, facilitate and coordinate research according to the following 3 components: accelerating the acquisition of knowledge about EIM ; organising and developing new treatments, vaccines and other prevention, diagnostic and surveillance tools for EIMs ; and enabling public policies and society to deal with epidemic crises.

Funding

The PEPR MIE has been assigned €70 million in funding by France 2030. Each call aims to fund projects through two to three years with a minimum financial support of 1 M€ for components 1 and 2. Component 3 has no minimum amount attached to it.

Laureates

Eleven projects have been selected after the first call for proposals in 2023. Nine others in 2024. In January 2026, nine new projects have been selected after the 2025 call for proposals, as well as five new junior chairs.

2023 Laureates 2024 Laureates 2025 Laureates

Programme

09:00–09:30 – Welcome with breakfast

09:30 – 09:45 – Introductory remarks

Prof. Yazdan Yazdanpanah – Director of ANRS MIE

09:45 – 10:00

  • DGRI – Ruben Leandro De Araujo Paredes Batista
  • France 2030 & SA MIE – Lucile De Traversay (AIS / SGPI)

10:00–10:20 a.m. – Presentation of the PEPR MIE: overall vision, funded topics, progress

Tiphaine Pierre, Morgane Bardey-Vaillant, Inmaculada Ortega Perez (ANRS MIE)

Coordination with the PREZODE PEPR

Andres Garchitorena (IRD)

10:20 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – Emergence dynamics, ecosystems and transmission

  • DEBS-Plague – Component 1 – 2023 (Florent Sebbane, Inserm)
  • CAZIKANO – Part 1 – 2023 (Chaker El Kalamouni, University of Réunion, Inserm)

11:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. – Coffee/tea break

11:20 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – At the patient level: from infection to treatment

  • COPAFLICT – Part 1 – 2023 (Sylvain Baize, Institut Pasteur)
  • VORTEX – Part 2 – 2023 (Alexandre Gaymard, HCL / CNR)
  • NIPAH-LISA – Part 2 – 2023 (Pierre-Olivier Vidalain, CNRS / CIRI & Cyrille Mathieu CRCN / CNRS)

Prevention and societal preparedness

  • TICK-RISK – Part 3 – 2023 (Tamara Giles-Vernick, Institut Pasteur)

12:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch break / Poster session for 2023 and 2024 projects

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Keynote – The challenges of EMIs with biosecurity

Neil Cherian (CEPI)

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Round table: Europe – How to finance the challenges

  • Aude Raimbault (Inserm)
  • Natalia Martin (ANRS MIE)
  • Emilia Didier (Institut Pasteur)
  • Claire Madelaine (ANRS MIE)

3:30pm – 4pm – Break and workshop set-up

4pm – 5:30pm – Workshops:

  • Project promotion and development with Anne Guyon (Pulsalys), Mustapha Si-Tahar (University of Tours) and Quentin Rahms (Pulsalys) – 2nd floor rotunda
  • Data workshop with Guillaume Machuron (ANRS MIE) – Auditorium

5:30pm – 5:45pm – Closing remarks

Prof. Hervé Raoul, Scientific Coordinator of PEPR MIE

6:00pm – Closing cocktail reception