Our Mission

Pasteur Foundation UK functions as the UK office of the Institut Pasteur, a global leader in scientific research and innovation dedicated to improving health worldwide. Since our founding in 1887, we have been at the forefront of the fight against infectious diseases and the advancement of biomedical science. Guided by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and impact, we focus our efforts on three strategic priorities that shape our mission and drive our work.

Through Pasteur Foundation UK, we are delighted to be collaborating with a wide range of UK universities, research centres, private companies and trusts on important cross-border projects for the betterment of global public health.

Why work across borders?

The Institut Pasteur is an international centre of excellence for biomedical research, producing globally recognised leading research in the fields of infectious disease, microbiology, immunology and neurology, among other public health areas. In the UK, there are many institutions with complementary expertise, undertaking complementary research from slightly different angles. Our partnerships allow scientists on both sides of the channel to develop cutting-edge projects at the interface of multiple scientific disciplines to tackle some of the greatest threats to public health.

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Our Three Founding Principles

Pasteur Foundation UK was founded on three principles, in line with the original values of the Institut Pasteur: Education, Research and Exploration of new public health initiatives. These principles form our core; the essential forces that power our scientific mission. Whilst our scientific priorities and strategy may shift and evolve, our core values of Research, Education and Exploration will remain.

At Pasteur Foundation UK, we acknowledge that the challenges we face today – whether in research, public health, medical innovation or public trust – are too vast and global to be solved by any single institution or country and thus we seek to promote mutually beneficial cross-channel research through strong partnerships with many leading UK institutions.

All our research projects are science-led and spring from organic connections between researchers who have sought a collaboration due to the mutual benefit of sharing skills.

Research

International collaborations are a key experience for any scientist and we believe this to be an especially crucial step for young researchers. The Pasteur Foundation UK Young Researcher Mobility Fund operates across all levels of higher education to allow early-career scientists to gain firsthand experience in the labs at Institut Pasteur and leading UK based research institutions. We believe this initiative to be essential in training the next generation of scientific leaders. We seek to make this key experience accesible for all young scientists, regardless of their financial situation through our fully-funded programmes.

Education

We are aware that cross-border collaboration is only possible if researchers are given the opportunity to interact and explore opportunities with other scientists working in their field.

At Pasteur Foundation UK, we are firm believers in the importance of scientific workshops, symposiums and conferences that give researchers the freedom to discuss, share and explore with no hidden agenda. The opportunity to discover potential connections and collaborations is key and we have seen many succesful Pasteur- UK partnerships that started in this setting.