Biocodex Microbiota Foundation

What Biocodex Microbiota Foundation does

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is a French non-profit corporate foundation established in 2017 by Biocodex, headquartered in Gentilly, France. It funds and promotes scientific research on the human microbiota and its role in health and disease, operating as a grant-making organization rather than a technology or commercial product company. Its portfolio is structured around four program lines: up to two international grants per year (€200,000 each for the Gut Microbiota International Grant and the Microbiota & Women's Health International Grant, with project durations up to three years), national research grants in 13+ countries (ranging from €10,000 in Morocco and Ukraine to $50,000 in the USA), and the Henri Boulard Awards for local initiatives. All grants are awarded to institutions (universities, hospitals, research centers) rather than individuals, reviewed by independent country- or program-specific scientific committees whose decisions are sovereign from the parent company.

The foundation has been operating for eight years, with cumulative U.S. program support reaching $500,000 as of the 2026 cycle, which also marks the 10th anniversary of the USA national grant program. The funded research portfolio spans gut-brain axis, inflammatory bowel disease, neuroinflammation (e.g., Parkinson's), oncology immunotherapy, metabolic syndrome, women's health (endometriosis/infertility), and mental health. The foundation is governed by a Board of Directors under President Xavier Roux; senior scientific leadership includes Harry Sokol (President of the Gut Microbiota International Scientific Committee, co-founder of Exeliom Biosciences), Joël Doré (INRAE), and Francisco Guarner (Teknon Medical Centre, Barcelona). Strategic partnerships include the Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Pediatric Gastroenterologists and Nutritionists of Ukraine, the International Human Microbiome Consortium, and the Gut Microbiota for Health platform. The foundation is wholly funded by Biocodex, an independent French pharmaceutical company founded in 1953; no third-party funding, venture capital, or grant-making peers are part of the ownership structure.

Name

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation

Legal name

BIOCODEX MICROBIOTA FOUNDATION

Website

https://biocodexmicrobiotafoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is a French non-profit corporate foundation, founded by Biocodex in 2017, that funds and promotes scientific research on the human microbiota by awarding competitive grants to researchers and institutions across 13+ countries.

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Product category

Scientific Research Grants and Funding

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

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Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Scientific research grants
• Microbiota research funding
• Gut health research
• Non-profit foundation
• Biomedical grant programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Gentilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: The foundation is funded by Biocodex and provides grants to researchers studying gut microbiota and microbiome-related topics. It operates as a non-profit organization awarding research grants to universities, hospitals, and research institutions worldwide.

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Core offering

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is a non-profit corporate foundation that funds scientific research on the human microbiota and its role in health and disease. It awards competitive research grants to early-career researchers and research institutions across 13+ countries through international and national grant programs. The foundation distributes approximately 2 international grants (€200,000 each) and 10+ national grants (ranging from €10,000 to $50,000) annually.

Product overview

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is a French corporate foundation for microbiota research, founded by Biocodex, that operates as a grant-making organization rather than a technology product company. The foundation provides various research grant programs including: (1) International Gut Microbiota Research Grant for global projects, (2) Microbiota & Women's Health International Grant (€200,000 annually), (3) Henri Boulard Award for local microbiota protection initiatives, and (4) National Research Grants for country-specific microbiome research (USA $50,000, Nordics €40,000, Poland/Portugal/Romania/Russia/Mexico €25,000 each, and others). The foundation supports early-career researchers studying gut microbiota in relation to human health and disease, with independent scientific committees evaluating applications. Since 2017, the foundation has been rewarding national research initiatives to understand microbiota-pathology interactions, with 10+ national grants each year and 2 international grants annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gut Microbiota International Grant

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 years of existence supporting gut microbiota research globally
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Prof. Mireia Valles-Colomer Research TeamminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20252026 Women's Health International Grant recipient studying microbial-metabolism as a mechanistic driver of infertility in patients with endometriosis.
• Ukrainian Gastroenterological AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Scientific support partnership for the Ukraine National Research Grant program. The association provides expertise in reviewing and evaluating gut microbiota research proposals from Ukrainian researchers.
• Association of Pediatric Gastroenterologists and Nutritionists of UkrainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Scientific support partnership for the Ukraine National Research Grant program, providing pediatric gastroenterology expertise for evaluating research proposals.
• International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Professor Francisco Guarner serves on the IHMC Steering Committee, representing the foundation's involvement in international microbiome research coordination.
• Gut Microbiota for Health (GMFH)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Joël Doré serves as science coordinator of the GMFH digital platform, supporting the foundation's mission to advance gut microbiota research communication.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wellcome Trust: Large UK-based health research charity funding biomedical and microbiome research globally at substantially larger scale. Comparable as a non-profit research funder, but with much broader scope and significantly larger per-grant amounts.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Largest philanthropic health research funder globally, with growing microbiome-related initiatives. Comparable in mission and non-profit grantmaking structure, but operates at vastly greater scale and with a global-health rather than gut-specific focus.
• Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Foundation: U.S. private foundation funding health-related research including IBD and microbiome science. Comparable as a corporate-origin philanthropic research funder, but with much broader program scope and larger grant sizes than BMF.

Direct peers

• Kenneth Rainin Foundation: Private foundation that has historically funded IBD and gut microbiome research through competitive grants. Closely aligned with Biocodex Microbiota Foundation in therapeutic-area focus, grantmaking model, and target researcher demographic.
• American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Professional GI society that administers research grants in gastroenterology and related microbiome science. Comparable in funding early-career investigators and using independent peer-review committees to award grants in the same therapeutic area.
• European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO): European non-profit that funds IBD research grants across European institutions. Direct peer in international grantmaking for microbiome-related disease research, with multi-country program structure similar to BMF's national grant model.
• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation: U.S. non-profit funding early-career cancer researchers via competitive peer-reviewed grants. Comparable in mission (seeding independent investigators), grant selection model, and award-size profile to BMF's national grant programs.
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation: U.S. non-profit that funds IBD and related microbiome/gut research grants to early-career investigators. Directly comparable as a disease-area-focused research grantmaking foundation serving academic institutions with comparable grant sizes.
• International Foundation for Science (IFS): Sweden-based non-profit providing seed research grants to early-career scientists in developing countries. Highly comparable model — competitive peer-reviewed grants of modest size to early-career investigators across multiple low- and middle-income countries.

Others

• International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC): International coordination body for microbiome research with which BMF's Francisco Guarner is affiliated (via Steering Committee). Thematically aligned with BMF's mission and an ecosystem counterpart rather than a direct grantmaking competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/biocodexmicrobiotafoundationmx

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Profiles7 records

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