Call for PEPR MIE projects

France 2030: 11 winning projects for the 2023 PEPR MIE call for projects, funded to better understand and prepare to respond to emerging infectious diseases for nearly 22 million euros.

Last updated on 24 March 2025

Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, Sylvie Retailleau, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Marc Fesneaux, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, Aurélien Rousseau, Minister for Health and Prevention, together with Bruno Bonnell, Secretary General for Investment, in charge of France 2030, and Lise Alter, Director of the Agence de l’innovation en santé, announce the winners of France 2030’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Program (PEPR MIE).

The French government has made healthcare research and innovation one of the strategic priorities of the France 2030 plan, with its healthcare component “Innovation in health 2030”, implemented by the Agence de l’innovation en santé, to make France a leading country in Europe in this field.

France 2030: A strategy to strengthen the state’s preparedness and response to the risks of a new health crisis

Launched over two years ago, the strategy for accelerating the response to emerging infectious diseases (EID) and NRBC (nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical) threats aims to understand, prevent and control the emergence or re-emergence of infectious diseases, as well as to deal with intentional or accidental NRBC threats.

This strategy aims to strengthen France’s preparedness in the event of a major new health crisis, and to develop our response capacity at national level in coordination with the European level, with a “single health” approach integrating the links between human, animal and ecosystem health.

The strategy includes a major research component, with two complementary priority research programmes and equipment (PEPR):

  • The PEPR MIE, led by Inserm through ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE), should help to better understand how to effectively prevent and control the emergence of infectious diseases, as well as develop countermeasures to diagnose, protect and treat people. It should also enable to put in place health policies based on scientific evidence and adapted to the specific context of the crisis.
  • The PEPR PREZODE (for Preventing Zoonotic Diseases Emergence), led by IRD, CIRAD and INRAE, will strengthen knowledge production and the development of tools to define innovative strategies for risk reduction and early detection of emergences. The first results are expected in early 2024.

PEPR MIE: 11 research projects on emerging infectious diseases supported

The ministers today announced the winners of the call for projects for the EID research programme (PEPR MIE), which aims to support interdisciplinary projects in basic research, research for the development of countermeasures, as well as in public health and the human and social sciences.

The PEPR MIE has three components:

  • Component 1: Accelerating the acquisition of basic knowledge on emerging infectious diseases
  • Component 2: Promote innovation and develop new treatments, vaccines and other prevention, diagnostic and surveillance tools for emerging infectious diseases
  • Component 3: Enable public policies and society to cope with epidemic crises

Following evaluation of the 37 eligible projects by an international panel of experts, 11 research projects were selected and funded for a total of almost 22 million euros, managed on behalf of the programme by ANRS | MIE for Inserm.

PEPR MIE: 11 research projects on emerging infectious diseases supported

7 projects were submitted under section 1 of the call for projects, 2 projects under section 2 and 2 projects under section 3:

  • The projects selected for section 1 focus on in-depth study of the mechanisms of infection of the various pathogens targeted in the strategy, understanding the dynamics of transmission and circulation of these pathogens, identifying the biological factors determining the disease, and identifying the immune pathways of interest for the development of new therapeutic strategies.
  • Section 2 projects focus on aspects relating to the development of innovative diagnostic methods and multi-component antiviral treatments to detect and combat targeted pathogens more effectively.
  • Finally, projects in section 3 focus on the role of public communication in preparing for and responding to epidemic risk, and on analysing factors influencing the acceptance and accessibility of epidemic-fighting measures such as vaccines.

 

The selected projects and the full list of winning teams are detailed in the appendix.

The laureates of the PEPR PREZODE AAP will be announced during the first quarter of 2024.

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