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.
Aurore Pernin took over as head of the operational team at the beginning of February. Her career path bears witness to her conviction that training and research are essential levers for improving society.
The contents of the international francophone scientific day co-organized on February 6, 2025 by the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie and the Réseau québécois de recherche en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie (RQSPAL) are available online.
The videos of the 6th edition of the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie's scientific day, held on November 26 in Paris, are now available.
On November 26, 2024, representatives of the MESR, the Agence de programme de recherches en santé, the ANR, the CNRS, INSERM, the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie, and the Stratégie décennale pour les soins palliatifs et les soins d'accompagnement announced the establishment of an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to the end of life.
The Integrated short-term palliative rehabilitation to improve quality of life and equitable care access in incurable cancer (INSPIRE) project is the only European palliative care research project coordinated by a French team.
Three positions enabling post-graduate students to devote a year to palliative care research have been awarded as part of the Ministry of Health's efforts to develop palliative care and support for the end of life.
Daphné PRIEUR-DEVRON, Marie LEVEQUE, Simon PRAMPART-FAUVET, Amandine FERREUX and Nadia GIRARDEAU are the winners of the third round of selection for the position of university clinical supervisor - hospital assistant (CCU-AH) in palliative medicine.
Each year, the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie (National Platform for End-of-Life Research) draws up a report on the state of research based on the data entered in its national directory. The 2024 edition can be consulted online.
As part of the Ministry of Health's efforts to develop palliative care and provide support at the end of life, funding is available for post-graduate students to spend a year researching palliative care. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2024.
The video of the "rendez-vous de la recherche sur l'autonomie" organized on April 30 by the CNSA in collaboration with the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie is now available.
Loic Bauschert, currently a hematology intern, is aiming for a career in palliative care. In 2022-2023, he has received funding to follow a research training course as part of the national plan for the development of palliative care and end-of-life support. Interview.
Ten positions for university clinical supervisors and hospital assistants focusing on palliative care research are to be filled this autumn. Applications are open until May 15, 2024*.
At a press conference on April 8, the French Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, announced the launch of a ten-year strategy for the development of supportive care to strengthen palliative care, pain management and end-of-life support.
