The Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur is a private, non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help prevent and treat diseases, mainly those of infectious origin, through research, teaching, and public health initiatives.
The Institut Pasteur is a private, non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help prevent and treat diseases, mainly those of infectious origin, through research, teaching, and public health initiatives.
Our history
"Chance favors invention only for minds prepared for discoveries by patient study and persevering efforts."
The Institut Pasteur develops many major international projects in partnership with the main international scientific authorities such as the World Health Organization, and many research institutions, foundations, universities and other private actors worldwide. In addition, the Institut Pasteur is at the heart of the Institut Pasteur International Network, 33 members around the world linked by missions of research, public health and education.
With an effective management policy and successful response strategy, the Management, Board of Directors and General Meeting
board provide the impetus for the Institut Pasteur’s research.
Through its proceedings, the Board of Governors settles Institut Pasteur matters. Its 21 members meet at least four times a year and attend the proceedings of the General Meeting but do not take part in voting.
The General Meeting approves the Board of Directors’ Annual Report on Institut Pasteur activity, elects 16 members to the Board of Directors and votes on changes to the articles of association upon proposal by the Board of Directors.
The Scientific Council advises the President of the Institut Pasteur and, if required, the Board of Directors on all issues relating to scientific policy, organization, and research.
The Management team sets the overall strategy for the Institut Pasteur. The team is supported in its task by the Scientific Council and the Executive Board to ensure achievement of the strategic goals and objectives set.
The Institut Pasteur is a research partner organization, member of Université Paris Cité community. The Institut Pasteur’s association with Université Paris Cité is a global partnership for research and education in the field of biology and health, formally established in June 2021.
Since 2010, "Campus Vert" activities have been gathering momentum at the Institut Pasteur in a bid to create more awareness about environmental issues and implement projects.
Ethics
United Nations Global Compact
The use of animals in the Institut Pasteur's research programs
Greenhouse gas emissions assessment
Neighbors Area
Social and Environmental Report
The Institut Pasteur is a research center of international renown ideally located in the very heart of Paris. Each year the institute hosts a multitude of scientific and medical conferences and meetings as well as events on a variety of themes.
Visit the Pasteur Museum, a place of remembrance that first opened to the public at the Institut Pasteur in 1936. The Museum harbors the memory of the life and work of Louis Pasteur in the spacious apartment he occupied during the final seven years of his life.
The Institut Pasteur has been contributing to the history of science, medicine and public health for 130 years.
In a context of intense global upheaval, in both health and science and with the emergence of new threats, the Institut Pasteur needs to review its scientific priorities and strategic short and medium-term orientations.
Discover the Institut Pasteur in 2020, a year impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. What does this pandemic teach us? The unity of life. The fragility of our species. The need for knowledge.
2020 was a year of an exceptional mobilization, intense scientific research and discoveries by the Institut Pasteur concerning SARS-CoV-2 virus, in particular on diagnosis and therapeutic developments.
In 2020, the objectives of the 2019-2023 strategic plan were developed, of course on emerging infectious diseases, more than ever at the heart of concerns, but also on antimicrobial resistance, diseases concerning brain connectivity and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and vaccinology.
In 2020, the Institut de l'Audition was inaugurated. This Institut Pasteur center is dedicated to finding solutions to cure hearing deficits and deafness.
In 2020, the "innovation accelerator" was launched. For this, four diagnostic and therapeutic projects have already been integrated and will benefit from human and financial resources for their maturation.
Finally, in 2020, a support structure in the creation of start-ups was established in partnership with the French Public Investment Bank; a new tool for innovation.