INSERM (L’institut national de la sante et de la recherche medicale) was created in 1964. It is the only French public research body devoted entirely to human health. The website is available in both French and English.
80% of INSERM’s 318 research units are located in either university hospitals or cancer treatment centers.
The layout of INSERM is very structured – within each institute, there are research units, research platforms, competitiveness clusters, and other structures in place to encourage progress in research. See the layout here.
INSERM sponsors an institute of “Neurosciences, sciences cognitives, neurologie, psychiatrie”. The research goals of this specific institute are listed here. (Medical issues – Scientific issues)
The neurosciences institute publishes “Dossiers d’information” (Information Packs) about a variety of neurological disorders and diseases, which provide essential information and links for further research into each disorder.