Presentation
Objective
To fund interdisciplinary or multi-intradisciplinary projects (involving several distinct sub-disciplines within the same discipline) aimed at the functional characterization of the microenvironment of poor-prognosis cancers. The goal is to improve our understanding of the role of the tumour microenvironment in the development of cancers for which therapeutic options remain limited and whose standardized net survival at 5 years after diagnosis is below 33%.
Relevant disciplines and research fields
Biochemistry, mechanobiology, cell biology, surgery, pathology, infectiology, immunology, biology of vascular and lymphatic systems, haematology, bioengineering, image analysis, profiling technologies and spatial technologies, cancer biology, clinical research, physics, biophysics, chemistry, mathematics.
Specific conditions
- Projects must involve 2 to 4 teams from different disciplines or sub-disciplines.
- Projects must focus on cancers with an inherently poor prognosis, defined by a standardized net survival rate at 5 years after diagnosis below 33% (a scientific justification must be provided).
- The same project cannot be submitted to the calls “Contributions of Mathematics and Computer Science to Oncology (MIC 2026)” or “Contributions of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Sciences to Oncology (PCES 2026)”.
- Each team may submit only one application, either as coordinator or partner.
This call for proposals is organized by Inserm within the framework of the Ten-Year Cancer Control Strategy 2021 – 2030.
Application
Timeline
- Opening : January 8th 2026
- Deadline for the online submission : February 26th 2026 5pm