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18 films - Net revenue of €16,200,000 - 95 projects financed
Following the 18th edition of Espoir en tête in March 2024, 95 brain research teams have been
brain research teams have been awarded a total of €16,200,000, according to the
principle:
100% of funds raised converted into research equipment
In the same week, tens of thousands of spectators from all over France, in response to a call from French Rotarians
tens of thousands of spectators attend a charity preview of a major distributor's film
to raise funds for brain research - that's the idea behind Espoir en tête
of French Rotarians.
By buying a cinema ticket for €15, they donate at least €8 to research into the brain, the nervous system and their pathologies.
the nervous system and its pathologies.
Every euro raised is donated in its entirety to research, in the form of the purchase of major research equipment.
research equipment, to the exclusion of all related costs and salaries.
Espoir en tête finances these projects up to the amount of the sums raised, which are then entirely donated to brain research.
to brain research.
Partnership with the FRC (Fédération pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau)
This partnership is formalized by an agreement signed in its most recent version on January 11
January 2014 by the respective presidents of the Association Espoir en tête and the FRC.
Within this framework, and on the occasion of each Espoir en tête operation, the FRC launches an exceptional call for tenders.
a special "Rotary - Espoir en tête" call for proposals to select research projects addressing
general neuroscience issues, or specific nervous system pathologies
of interest to the FRC's constituent associations/foundations, as well as in the fields of
stroke, brain tumours, dystonia and psychiatry.
psychiatry.
Projects must be aimed exclusively at financing or co-financing the purchase of a single large piece of equipment
(either a single piece of equipment, or a set of equipment constituting a single piece of equipment)
that can be used jointly by several teams (mutualization of resources
and transversality).
The FRC's Scientific Advisory Board, made up of qualified individuals and a Rotarian, then selects the applications.
selection of projects on the basis of external expert reports.
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