Jointly led by Inserm and CNRS, with the support of the Fondation FondaMental and the network of Expert Centers, the program brings together the key players in French research, including CEA, Institut Pasteur, universities and university hospitals.

AP-HP is participating in the inclusion of patients in the French Minds cohort and is a partner of the Mental Hub project.

Henri Mondor University Hospital coordinates 4 expert centers and recruits controls for its CIC. It is responsible for the biobank of the French Minds cohort.

Fondation FondaMental is focusing on improving the diagnosis, understanding and treatment of patients suffering from mental illness. It promotes personalized, multidisciplinary management of psychiatric disorders. It is a privileged partner of the program and promoter of the French Minds cohort. It also plays a major role in WP 4, coordinating Mental Hub, and is a partner of EEG-MIND, PUMA and AUDICOBE.

INRAE is piloting a large national cohort, called French Gut, and is involved in microbiota analyses of participants in the French Minds cohort.

Bordeaux University is a partner of the program, piloting two projects : eD-PROPSY (with Sanpsy laboratory), and EDU (with NutriNeuro laboratory).

Paris Cité University is a partner of IMPACT animal model project.
CEA is a key player in scientific and technological research. It is a partner of French Minds, ImmunoPsy and UNREHAL, and coordinates EEG-MIND.

Lille University Hospital participates in the inclusion of patients and controls. It studies 1st psychotic episodes at the Lille RHU Center. It participates in UNREHAL and Pilot CICs in psychiatry projects.

Paris GHU coordinates the PsyCARE RHU and participates in the French Minds cohort, for the inclusion of patients suffering from 1st psychotic episodes.


Lille University is the scientific coordinator of UNREHAL and partner of Pilot CICs in psychiatry.

Paris-Est Créteil University is coordinator of PUMA and IMPACT projects, with teams from U955-IMRB and LISA UMR CNRS 7583.

Besançon University Hospital is taking part in the project through its CIC (Clinical Investigation Center). It includes patients, controls and coordinates the targeted STIMaiTDeP project.

Tours CHRU is involved in the project via its CIC, and is recruiting controls and patients with resistant depression.


Aix-Marseille University is a partner of T4MINDS project.

Lorraine University will play a major role in destigmatizing psychiatry. Financial support will be given to The Move and the Mood program, an active and fun way of learning about the psychiatric clinical examination.

Université Clermont Auvergne is coordinator of T4MINDS and AUDICOBE, and partner of eD-PROPSY.