Welcome to the Pasteur Foundation

Seventy Years of Transatlantic Discovery.

The Pasteur Foundation is the U.S. partner of the Institut Pasteur — one of the world’s great centers of biomedical science, and one of France’s most enduring contributions to humanity. For more than seventy years, we have connected American individuals, foundations, and institutions with the scientific work happening in Paris: the fellowships, the research, the discoveries that belong to everyone.

"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world."

— Louis Pasteur, 1876

Nobel Prizes awarded to Institut Pasteur scientists

Years of Franco-American scientific partnership

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Scientists placed in Institut Pasteur laboratories

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Countries in the Institut Pasteur global network

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Our Partnership

The Bridge Between Nations

Through our partnership with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Pasteur Foundation funds scientific fellowships, supports groundbreaking research, and sustains the transatlantic exchange that has defined both nations’ scientific traditions for over a century.

Today, the Pasteur Foundation is the formal American expression of that legacy — a bridge between those who believe in this work and the laboratories where it happens.

WHAT WE DO

Three Pillars of Scientific Purpose

Advance Scientific Research

The Institut Pasteur has produced ten Nobel laureates and counting. Its researchers work on the questions that define our era — from Alzheimer’s and antimicrobial resistance to pandemic preparedness and the biology of aging. The Pasteur Foundation connects partners across sectors with the resources to keep that work moving.

Support Emerging Scientists

Every year, the Pasteur Foundation places early-career scientists in Institut Pasteur laboratories in Paris — fully funded, immersed in a global research environment, working alongside colleagues from seventy countries. It is one of the most distinctive scientific fellowships in the world, made possible by the partnership between American and international supporters and French scientific excellence.

Applications open through June 12, 2026

Build Transatlantic Partnerships

Scientific progress depends on collaboration across institutions, disciplines, and borders. The Pasteur Foundation helps connect leading research institutions in the United States with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, creating opportunities for joint research, training, data sharing, and scientific exchange.

Join Us in Fulfilling Louis Pasteur's Vision

To support the Pasteur Foundation is to invest in one of the great scientific traditions of the modern world — and in the enduring alliance between France and the United States that has sustained it. Whether you are an individual donor, a private foundation, or an institutional partner, your investment carries Louis Pasteur’s work into the next century.