Inserm at a Glance
Founded in 1964, Inserm is a public scientific and technological institute which operates under the joint authority of the French Ministries of Health and Research. The institute is dedicated to biomedical research and human health, and is involved in the entire range of activities from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside. It also partners with the most prestigious research institutions in the world that are committed to scientific challenges and progress in these fields.
Organization of the Institute
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:
Didier Samuel
Vice-CEO for Strategy:
Elli Chatzopoulou
Vice-CEO for Administration:
Damien Rousset
Executive Director:
Carine Delrieu
- 12 regional offices
- 9 theme-based instituts
Scientific production
Publications
More than 12,500 Inserm-affiliated original articles (2023 publications, Web of Science database, February 10, 2025), including 290 among the top 1% most cited worldwide.
- 40.4% of all biology and medicine papers in France
- 6th institution worldwide for biomedical research by number of original articles
Value creation
Intellectual property
Nearly 250 invention disclosures and 2,698 active patent families in 2024, including 171 new filings (patents and software).
Inserm is :
- 1st European academic institution for biomedical research patent application
- 1st European patent applicant in the pharmaceutical sector
- 2nd patent applicant research organization in France
Industrial partnerships
- 82 license agreements (patents, know-how, research tools)
- 261 non-consortium R&D contracts
Our Nobel and Lasker Prize winners
Nobel Prize
- Jean Dausset (1980)
- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (2008)
Lasker Prize
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu (1989)
- Pierre Chambon (2004)
- Alim-Louis Benabid (2014)
Inserm in France
- 278 research units
- 48 service units
- 34 clinical investigation centers
and in the world
- 89 foreign laboratories within a theme-based coordination program, an international research project or network
- over 100 partner countries
- 7,456 international co-publications
Workforce
- 5,014 civil servants, including:
- 2,194 researchers
- 2,820 engineers and technicians
- 3,934 contract staff and temporary workers
- 6,678 researchers-teachers and hospital teachers in Inserm units
Initial budget 2025
1.225 billion euros, of which:
- 59.3% corresponding to state subsidies (726.4 M€)
- 40.7% corresponding to internal resources (498.5 M€)
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