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About Fondation FondaMental

Fondation FondaMental is a scientific cooperation foundation dedicated to mental health. It was established in 2007 at the initiative of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, alongside other research institutes such as the Institut du Cerveau and Institut Imagine, following a call for proposals for the creation of a Thematic Network for Research and Care (RTRS), to which Professor Marion Leboyer responded.

Fondation FondaMental has the same legal capacity as a public-interest foundation and operates in the public interest as defined by law. It leads major thematic research programmes in psychiatry, drawing on both public and private resources. Scientific cooperation foundations are private, non-profit legal entities governed by the rules applicable to public-interest foundations.

As a private, non-profit organisation, Fondation FondaMental is authorised by law to receive both public and private funding (donations, bequests, and sponsorship) to support research and innovation in psychiatry for the benefit of patients and their families.

The Foundation is overseen by a Government Commissioner, who ensures that its activities serve the public interest.

Our missions

Fondation FondaMental is committed to four key missions:

• Supporting innovation in the organisation of care
• Accelerating research in psychiatry
• Disseminating knowledge
• Fighting stigma associated with mental health disorders

Supporting innovation in care organisation

Since 2010, Fondation FondaMental has created and coordinated a national network of Expert Centres, which serve as platforms for diagnosis and research.

Among its key achievements, the Foundation has coordinated a care pathway project for bipolar disorders (Passport BP, Article 51 initiative), and developed tools for psychoeducation, information, and training for patients and their families (Bref, LENA, BAE, MyMood, etc.).