Vaincre la Mucoviscidose

“Vaincre la Mucoviscidose” is a non-profit organization created in 1965 by parents of children with CF. The foundation  follows 4 goals :

• Cure CF by helping and financing research in France and all around Europe

• Treat right now by improving health care

• Improve quality of life in order to make a life with CF more acceptable and bearable

• Alert on the gravity of CF by communicating toward the public in general and towards parents and family affected with CF.

95% of VLM resources come from people’s charity and generosity.

Title of the programme: no title

Type of the programme: thematic call for proposals. The VLM Foundation funds basic and clinical research. Subventions cover the period of 1 - 3 years and allow financing of personnel (PhD students, post-doctoral fellows) and operating expenses

Recurrence of the programme: yearly