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PASTEUR FOUNDATION

The Pasteur Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, works to raise funds to support the world-renowned Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, whose mission is to improve public health by contributing to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The institute accomplishes this through research, teaching and public health initiatives. In December 2008, two researchers – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier – were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of the AIDS virus at the Institut Pasteur in 1983. A total of ten Pasteur researchers have received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Faithful to the spirit that drove Louis Pasteur, the mission of the Pasteur Foundation is based on the principle that infectious diseases, because they do not recognize geopolitical boundaries, pose a threat to global public health. Their prevention and the control of their proliferation through research, prophylaxis and epidemiological surveillance and, above all, through a thorough and basic scientific understanding, are achievable goals.

The mission of the Pasteur Foundation is to help the Institut Pasteur in its work by funding specific projects, promoting scientific exchanges with American researchers and by raising funds for the advancement of science. Read more about our mission.»

PASTEUR AND THE

NOBEL PRIZE

Ten Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Pasteur scientists since 1900.  More »

THE WORLD OF PASTEUR

Remembrance of Things Pasteur
America has been fascinated with Louis Pasteur and his achievements for well over a century. Our Remembrance of Things Pasteur Gallery compiles a handsome collection of the wonderful tributes paid to this scientific pioneer that may be found throughout the United States: in Boston, the Avenue Pasteur; in Chicago, a monument; in New York, a decorative carving in Riverside Church; and in Washington, a magnificent stained glass window in the National Cathedral, plus many others. There is also a page about the phenomenon of historical U.S. Pasteur Institutes, such as the one in Chicago below. More »

PROGRAM WATCH

Deadline set for our 2013 Summer Undergraduate Interns Program: December 21, 2012

The deadline to apply for the Summer 2013 Internships is now

December 21, 2012. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for real-time updates. You may click here for the program page.

Educators and Colleagues: Please help us promote our programs

Download our promotional slides and circulate to your students today!  Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for real-time program information. For information, please click here.

Visiting Scholars Program
Two distinguished U.S. scientists recently participated in our Visiting Scholars Program: Dr. Connie Schmaljohn, at left, Chief Scientist of the US Army Medical Research Institute, and Dr. Anna Huttenlocher of the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program

Interested in doing doctoral research at the Institut Pasteur?  Why not consider the Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program in Life Science and Biomedicine!  Deadline: December 2012. For information, click here.

The Paul W. Zuccaire Doctoral Student is Kasie Raymann.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The deadline for postdoctoral fellowship applications is September 20th, 2013. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for real-time updates. More »

Dr. Ian Glomski, a recent alumnus of our fellowship program, interviewed Pasteur Nobelist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi at the French Consulate of New York in 2010.  Click on the image below to play an excerpt, or for a larger view click here.

SAVE THE DATE:
Pasteur Foundation Annual Gala

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

HONORING:
CHRISTOPHER A. VIEHBACHER
Chief Executive Officer & Director, Sanofi

LOCATION: Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway, NYC
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MEET OUR GRANTEES

Galleries of Past Program Grantees

A list of our Visiting Scholars is here.

To see our fellowship recipients, click here.

For internship program alumni, click here.

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SNEAK PEAK

Cultivating Young Scientists: The American Way

In our next issue of Pasteur Perspectives, Rebecca Onion shares with our readers the story of a rare antique: The "Louis Pasteur" Microscope Set.  Its manual describes the scientist as “kindly and modest and warmhearted, not proud and cold and haughty, as we sometimes imagine great men must be.”

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Aiding the Pasteur Foundation to pursue its mission in support of Pasteurian research to improve global health is just a click away!  Every gift makes a difference no matter its size. Whether you wish to support us today or to make estate plans to advance biomedical research, your support will help further the research.  More »

Introduction to the Institut Pasteur

Since it opened on November 14, 1888, the Institut Pasteur has been at the forefront of disease research, true to the vision of its founder, Louis Pasteur. Among many other accomplishments, our scientists have discovered the AIDS virus, identified genes responsible for hereditary deafness, and devised a test to detect influenza A(H1N1), the virus at the root of the 2009 pandemic. More »

For Our Donors

Looking for that special, off-the-beaten-path site to visit on your next trip to Paris?  Discover a unique spot: the home of Marie and Louis Pasteur in the heart of the French capital. Donors may contact us for two free museum passes.

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ANNUAL AWARD GALA

For our 2010 Gala, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Proclaimed the date as "Pasteur Foundation Day"!

Information about our 2011 gala coming soon.  Visit our past gala picture gallery.

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