4, avenue Richerand 75010 Paris

What 4, avenue Richerand 75010 Paris does

GIRCI Île-de-France (GIRCI IDF) is a regional public health-research coordination federation headquartered at 4, avenue Richerand, 75010 Paris, that unites more than 30 healthcare establishments and representatives of city-side health professionals in the Île-de-France region to coordinate and develop clinical research. Its core activity is organizing and administering inter-regional and regional funding calls (PHRC-I, APRESO, ReSP-Ir), delivering methodological support in quantitative, qualitative, and medico-economics approaches, providing regulatory and ethical support (notably via the SmartReg© regulatory classification questionnaire), and running training programs such as the DU Recherche Paramédicale, DU Biostatistique, DU Pilotage d'une structure de recherche clinique, and qualitative-research seminars. Its underlying technology portfolio is a set of web-based tools — SmartReg©, Essais'Clic (clinical-trial search engine), Thésaurus des appels à projets (a funding-call aggregator jointly maintained across the 7 GIRCI), BPC e-learning (Good Clinical Practices, operated under CH Versailles), and e-C@RES (paramedical research mapping) — plus formal partnerships with Université Paris Cité, Université de Strasbourg, GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, and CHI Créteil that jointly deliver training and research seminars.

GIRCI Île-de-France's business model is a managed public-sector coordination model, not a commercial SaaS model. Revenue is sourced primarily from institutional co-financing with ARS Île-de-France (and by extension the French Ministry of Health), supplemented by training-program tuition (DURP at €1,600 individual / €2,900 company-funded plus €397 university fees; DU Pilotage at €3,750 + €300 application; DU Biostatistique at €500), and by administrative oversight of project funding envelopes that range from €30,000 (APRESO Emergence) and €100,000 (APRESO Convergence) up to €400,000 per project and a €2.5M IDF cap under ReSP-Ir. Customers and members are Île-de-France public and private healthcare establishments — including AP-HP, Gustave Roussy, Institut Curie, Hôpital Foch, CHU Henri Mondor, CHI Créteil, Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, and CHU Versailles — along with healthcare professionals, primary-care actors (liberal professionals, MSPs, CDSs, CPTSs), and academic research institutions. Distribution is direct to the federation's members; marketing relies on the website (girci-idf.fr), newsletter, events, and a YouTube channel for pedagogical content. The organization is non-profit and is not capital-funded; no external investors, ownership chain, or parent entity were disclosed in the input.

Name

4, avenue Richerand 75010 Paris

Legal name

GIRCI Île-de-France

Website

https://girci-idf.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GIRCI Île-de-France is a public regional federation that coordinates clinical research across 30+ healthcare establishments and city-side health professionals in the Paris region, administering funding calls, methodological support, regulatory tools, and training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Research Coordination Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical CROs (Phase I–IV) (HLAGAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical Data Management, Biostatistics & Statistical Programming CROs (HLAGAAAF), Clinical Research Support (CRC/CTA) (EDAOAJAO), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Clinical research coordination
• Health research federation
• Research funding programs
• Paramedical research support
• Healthcare methodology training

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: GIRCI Île-de-France operates as a public health research federation funded through institutional mechanisms including co-financing from ARS Île-de-France (Regional Health Agency) and other public health funding sources to organize calls for projects, training programs, and research support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GIRCI Île-de-France is a regional federation that coordinates and animates a collective of more than 30 healthcare establishments and city health professional representatives in the Île-de-France region to develop clinical and health research. It organizes calls for projects (PHRC-I, APRESO, ReSP-Ir), delivers methodological support (quantitative, qualitative, medico-economic), runs accredited university training programs (DURP, DU Biostatistique, DU Pilotage), and provides digital tools (SmartReg©, Essais'Clic, BPC E-learning, e-C@RES, Thésaurus des appels à projets) for clinical research professionals.

Product overview

GIRCI Île-de-France is a clinical research coordination organization (not a technology product company) that federates and animates a collective of over 30 health establishments in Île-de-France. The organization offers a portfolio of services including clinical research project support, funding programs (PHRC-I, APRESO, ReSP-Ir), training programs (DURP, DU Biostatistique, DU Pilotage, Recherches Qualitatives), and digital tools including SmartReg© (regulatory qualification questionnaire), Essais'Clic (clinical trial search engine), BPC E-learning (Good Clinical Practices training), Thésaurus des AAP (funding database), and e-C@RES (paramedical research mapping). The organization does not offer a unified software platform but provides these distinct services and tools to support clinical research professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SmartReg© A questionnaire designed to help researchers determine the regulatory classification of their clinical research project in the domain of human health research.
• Essais'Clic A search engine for clinical trials open to inclusions in Île-de-France, allowing users to find recruiting studies.
• Thésaurus des appels à projets A collaborative tool developed by the 7 GIRCI organizations that centralizes (inter)national project calls for proposals (AAP), enabling researchers to search for funding and create alerts for new openings.
• Bonnes Pratiques Cliniques (BPC) E-learning Self-training created under the responsibility of CH Versailles for the evaluation, improvement, and acquisition of foundations in the ethical and regulatory environment of clinical research.
• e-C@RES (Cartographie de la Recherche En Soins) A mapping tool for paramedical research that allows professionals to create a profile, get known, and develop their network.
• PHRC-I (Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique Interrégional) Inter-regional hospital clinical research program organized by GIRCI, responding to territorial needs and specificities of the Île-de-France region.
• AAP Recherche en Soins (APRESO) Annual call for projects for research in nursing and paramedical care, co-funded by ARS Île-de-France, with two tracks: EMERGENCE (up to €30,000) and CONVERGENCE (up to €100,000).
• ReSP-Ir (Recherche en Soins Primaires Interrégional) Inter-regional call for projects for primary care research, supporting studies involving liberal health professionals, MSP, CDS, CPTS, and other primary care actors with maximum budget of €400,000 per project.
• DU Recherche Paramédicale (DURP) University diploma program in paramedical research offered with individual rate (€1,600 pedagogical + €397 university fees) and company-funded rate (€2,900 pedagogical + €397 university fees).
• DU Biostatistique / Statistiques University diploma in biostatistics (from frequentist to Bayesian statistics), delivered in partnership with Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale. Training fee: €500.
• DU Pilotage d'une structure de recherche clinique University diploma program for managing clinical research structures, jointly organized with Université Paris Cité, Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, UNICANCER, and RESPIC. Training fee: €3,750, application fee: €300.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 30 healthcare establishments federated in Île-de-France
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ARS Île-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARS Île-de-France (Regional Health Agency) co-finances GIRCI Île-de-France's activities and calls for projects, including the APRESO call for nursing care research projects. This institutional partnership is fundamental to GIRCI's funding model and regional health research coordination role.
• Kanopée AssociésminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKanopée Associés (1 place Alfred Sauvy, Paris) is the website developer and designer of GIRCI Île-de-France's website (girci-idf.fr).
• CH VersaillescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Hospitalier de Versailles is responsible for the BPC (Good Clinical Practices) e-learning platform, providing self-training for evaluation, improvement, and acquisition of clinical research ethical and regulatory environment basics.
• Université Paris CitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university for the DU Pilotage d'une structure de recherche clinique program, jointly organized with Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, UNICANCER, and RESPIC.
• Université de StrasbourgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversité de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine provides the DU DE BIOSTATISTIQUE program (from frequentist to Bayesian statistics), through its Laboratoire de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale.
• GHU Paris Psychiatrie & NeurosciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with GIRCI IDF on qualitative research seminars, hosting the Chaire de philosophie à l'hôpital (Philosophy Chair at the Hospital) and organizing joint research seminars.
• CHI CréteilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHI Créteil's DRSI (Direction de la Recherche et des Soins Infirmiers) collaborates on qualitative research training programs and seminars, providing methodological expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods health research.
• The 7 GIRCI organizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration among the 7 GIRCI (Groupement d'Intérêt Public pour la Recherche Clinique) organizations in France, including joint development of the Thésaurus des appels à projets (project calls thesaurus) tool.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GIRCI Est: Another of the 7 French regional GIRCI federations, with identical mandate to coordinate clinical research across healthcare establishments in its region. Co-developer with GIRCI IDF of the Thésaurus des appels à projets national funding database — the closest functional equivalent.
• GIRCI Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional GIRCI federation serving Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the same public-interest coordination mandate for clinical research funding, training, and methodological support. Part of the 7-GIRCI national collaboration network.
• GIRCI Nord-Ouest: Regional GIRCI federation for the Nord-Ouest inter-region. Shares the same operational model — federating university hospitals, distributing public research funding, and coordinating training programs — making it directly comparable to GIRCI IDF.
• GIRCI Sud-Ouest: Regional GIRCI federation for the Sud-Ouest inter-region, providing identical PHRC-I, training, and methodological support services. Collaborates with GIRCI IDF through the 7-GIRCI national infrastructure.
• F-CRIN (French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network): National coordinating infrastructure for clinical research in France. Operates at a higher (national) level than GIRCI IDF but addresses overlapping stakeholder needs (investigator networks, methodology, training) and represents both a collaboration partner and a potential substitute.

Broad incumbents

• ANRS | MIE (Agence nationale de recherche sur le sida et les hépatites virales | Maladies infectieuses émergentes): French national agency funding and coordinating infectious disease clinical research. Comparable to GIRCI IDF in its public-mandate, multi-stakeholder coordination model, but specialized by therapeutic area rather than by geography.
• INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale): France's national public research institute for health and medical sciences. While INSERM focuses on basic/translational research rather than regional coordination, it is the dominant institutional actor in the same French health research ecosystem and interfaces with GIRCI IDF's member institutions.
• DGOS (Direction Générale de l'Offre de Soins): The French Ministry of Health directorate that funds and oversees hospital-based clinical research (including PHRC programs). As the upstream policy and funding authority, DGOS sets the strategic framework within which GIRCI IDF operates.

Regional players

• ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network): European-level clinical research infrastructure network that coordinates multinational trial management. While geographically broader and not in direct competition, ECRIN shares the GIRCI IDF mission of supporting investigator-initiated clinical research and serves as an analogous supranational coordination model.

Others

• DRCI AP-HP (Direction de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation): Internal clinical research directorate of AP-HP (the largest member of GIRCI IDF). Operates one organizational layer below GIRCI IDF — executing the clinical research operations that GIRCI IDF coordinates and funds across the region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/girci-idf

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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