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Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.

Université Pierre et Marie Curie

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First Grant

2015
Total Number of Grants

3
Cumulative Grant Amounts

$2,239,190

Focus Areas
Science

A founding member of Sorbonne University, Université Pierre et Marie Curie is the leading French scientific and medical university. Located in Paris, the public research university offers its 34,000 students, of which 20 percent are foreign, a demanding and diverse curriculum organized into 10 bachelor programs, 11 master's degrees and 16 doctoral schools.

The university has more than 3,750 researchers and professor-researchers in 100 laboratories and an additional 2,800 researchers working as partners from four French national research organizations. Its biology stations/observatories of Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roscoff and Villefranche-sur-Mer have played a major role in the emergence of marine biology and oceanography in Europe.