End of life: call for applications to set up interdisciplinary research consortia
On March 10, 2025, the Agence de programmes de recherche en santé and the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie will give researchers the opportunity to structure themselves into consortia to develop projects in this field. Funding of between €500,000 and €800,000 over 3 years is available.
This call for applications is part of the Interdisciplinary Research Program on the End of Life, whose launch took place on November 26, 2024 in Paris. This program aims to support and develop research on the end of life in science, health and the humanities and social sciences, whether fundamental or clinical, and to develop collaborations between researchers in these different fields. It is supported by Inserm, CNRS and France Université, and is part of the Ten-year strategy for supportive care to strengthen palliative care, pain management and end-of-life support decided by the government in April 2024.
The end of life is a real issue for society, involving not only the elderly, but also patients of all ages, including children. It raises many questions: autonomy, dignity, setting up appropriate support... The stakes are all the higher as end-of-life situations multiply due to demographic changes and medical advances. Today, new questions are arising and transforming our relationship to vulnerability and death.
Research into the end of life is fundamental, not only to better understand these complicated situations and the issues at stake, but also to seek better-adapted solutions for patients, their loved ones and caregivers. With this in mind, interdisciplinarity is essential.
The call for applications launched by the Interdisciplinary Research Program on the End is open to all researchers wishing to get involved in one of the two priority themes:
- Suffering, the end-of-life experience (of patients, loved ones, healthcare professionals), death requests
- Anticipating end-of-life issues through healthcare pathways, palliative care needs and different moments of vulnerability.
Interested researchers and teams have until June 10, 2025 to apply.
Contact:
programme.findevie@inserm.fr
Download the text of the call for applications
