Institut pour la Recherche en Sante Publique

What Institut pour la Recherche en Sante Publique does

IReSP (Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique) is a French public health research institute organized as a Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (GIS), a consortium structure governed by 12 French public institutions including INSERM (the managing entity), ANSES, CNAM, CNRS, CNSA, DREES, INCa, INED, IRD, MILDECA, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Ministry of Health, and Santé Publique France. Its operational role is to coordinate, fund, and animate public health research across three core thematic programs — Addictions, Autonomy (aging and disability), and Services, Interventions and Health Policies — plus secondary programs including Antiépileptiques and MESSIDORE. Over the 2007-2019 period the institute launched 62 appels à projets and financed more than 400 research projects, allocating over 60 million euros. The institute distributes these funds through the INSERM-hosted EVA3 submission platform and disseminates findings via the Questions de Santé Publique journal, monthly newsletter, and recurring scientific events (Rendez-vous de l'IReSP, Cafés, annual colloquia).

The institute's technology surface centers on the FReSH (France Recherche en Santé Humaine) portal, launched in 2024 as part of the France 2030 national digital health strategy. FReSH is a mapping and cataloging platform for health research data collections spanning observational, interventional, and social-sciences studies, designed to make French health research data discoverable and documented according to FAIR principles. The institute maintains a single headquarters at Paris Biopark (8 rue de la croix Jarry, 75013 Paris) and operates within a single-country (France) distribution footprint despite a Europe-tagged geographic scope.

IReSP's business model is non-commercial. As a public scientific interest group, it does not generate revenue and operates through member contributions and government program funding, notably the Fund for Combating Addictions (FLCA) channeled via INCa and MILDECA for the addictions portfolio, and CNSA co-funding for the autonomy portfolio. End users are the French public health research community — academic researchers, doctoral students, and research institutions — while downstream beneficiaries are public health policy makers who rely on the institute's evidence-base outputs. Current leadership is Directeur Rémy Slama (succeeding Robert Barouki), with a small coordination team managing thematic pôles including the Addictions pôle.

Name

Institut pour la Recherche en Sante Publique

Legal name

Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique

Website

https://iresp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French public health research institute (GIS) coordinating multi-institutional research funding, scientific animation, and the FReSH health studies data portal for the French research community and public health policy makers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research Funding and Coordination

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Health and Welfare Funds (525120), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Research Funding Agencies (Public/Quasi-Public) (HLAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Public health research
• Research funding programs
• Health studies portal
• Scientific research coordination
• Addiction research programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique (IReSP) is a French public health research institute organized as a Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (GIS) that funds, coordinates, and animates public health research across thematic programs including Addictions, Autonomy (aging and disability), and Services/Interventions/Health Policies. It operates the FReSH (France Recherche en Santé Humaine) portal mapping health research data collections and publishes the Questions de Santé Publique journal to disseminate research findings.

Product overview

IReSP (Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique) is a French public health research institute organized as a GIS (Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique) with 12 member organizations. Rather than a traditional software product company, IReSP operates as a research funding and coordination body. Its core offerings consist of research funding programs (Autonomie, Addictions, Services/interventions/politiques SIP), the FReSH health studies portal, the Questions de Santé Publique publication, and various scientific animation events. The FReSH portal serves as a cataloging and data-sharing platform for health research studies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FReSH (France Recherche en Santé Humaine): A health studies portal that maps and evaluates health databases, part of the national digital health strategy supported by France 2030.

Products and services

• FReSH (France Recherche en Santé Humaine) Portal A comprehensive portal that maps and provides access to health research data collections, including observational studies, interventional studies, and social sciences research. Part of the national strategy for digital health acceleration under France 2030.
• Appels à projets (Research Funding Calls) IReSP manages multiple annual research funding calls across its programs including research projects, doctoral scholarships, and structuring actions for research networks. Applications submitted via the EVA3 platform.
• Programme Addictions

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale)coreOthersINSERM is the managing entity of the GIS IReSP. It provides institutional support, administrative infrastructure, and hosts the EVA3 funding application platform used by IReSP.
• CNSA (Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l'Autonomie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-manages the 'Autonomie' research program with IReSP, providing financing for research on autonomy, aging, and disability. Active collaborator since 2011 on research funding and community animation.
• INCa (Institut National du Cancer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with IReSP on the Addictions program, co-funding research on addictive behaviors and substances within the framework of the Fund for Combating Addictions (FLCA).
• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)minorOthersMember organization of the GIS IReSP, contributing to institutional governance.
• Cnam (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with IReSP on the 'Politiques des drogues' seminar series, organizing joint scientific conferences on drug policies and public health.
• EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with IReSP on the D3S program seminar series addressing social sciences perspectives on drugs.
• ANSES, INED, IRD, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Ministère des Solidarités et de la SantéminorOthersAdditional member organizations of the GIS IReSP contributing to institutional governance and research funding.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Inserm (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale): Inserm is the largest French public biomedical research institution and serves as the managing organism of IReSP. It is a structural partner and the closest institutional counterpart, conducting and coordinating the underlying research that IReSP funds.
• NIH (National Institutes of Health): U.S. federal agency funding and conducting biomedical and public health research. Comparable core function (research funding, scientific animation, evidence translation) at a vastly larger scale and federal scope.
• Wellcome Trust: Major UK-based independent research foundation that funds health research, publishes, and convenes the research community. Comparable as a mission-driven research funding and dissemination body, though at substantially larger scale.
• EHESP (École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique): French school of public health that conducts research, training, and expert appraisal in public health. Comparable as an institutional vehicle connecting research, expertise, and policy in public health in France.

Direct peers

• INCa (Institut National du Cancer): National cancer agency that co-funds IReSP's Addictions program and operates its own research funding, public health data, and policy advisory functions, making it a direct operational peer in coordinating public health research funding in France.
• ANRS-MIE (Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales – Maladies Infectieuses Émergentes): French agency coordinating and funding infectious disease research. A direct peer in IReSP's ecosystem, operating research calls, doctoral funding, and knowledge translation for specific public health topics.
• HCSP (Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique): Independent French advisory body providing evidence-based public health recommendations to policymakers. Closely comparable to IReSP in bridging research findings and public health decision-making.
• CNSA (Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l'Autonomie): Co-manages IReSP's Autonomy research program and funds research on aging and disability. Operates at the intersection of funding, policy, and applied research in long-term care, mirroring IReSP's interface model.
• Santé Publique France: France's national public health agency, a member of IReSP, with a comparable mission to generate and disseminate public health evidence, conduct surveillance, and inform policy — overlapping directly with IReSP's research animation and policy-oriented research focus.

Emerging players

• IRDES (Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Économie de la Santé): French research institute producing evidence on health economics, services, and policies. Directly comparable to IReSP's Services, Interventions and Health Policies program in scope and methodology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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