Success of the campaign “IHES, at the Avant-Garde of Science”

Officially launched in November 2018 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of IHES, the Institute’s third fundraising campaign displayed a very ambitious goal of 50 Millions euros. Thanks to all donors’ generosity and commitment as well as to the Campaign Committee members’ involvement, chaired by Jean-Laurent Bonnafé and Philippe Camus, but also to all scientific and administrative staff of the Institute, this result has not only been achieved but exceeded. A little bit more of 55 Millions euros were collected!

The Institute could relied on loyal supporters, private or public, but also on support from new donors. Whereas this campaign has already allowed superb advances, as a brand new building on the campus or the recruiting of new scientists, some of the financing obtained will support longer term projects. IHES therefore warmly thanks all those who took part to this campaign and contributed to this remarkable result.

To celebrate this success and mark the official ending of this campaign, an event has been organized on October 24, 2022, with the support of Caisse des Dépôts, IHES major donor. Isabelle Laudier, Head of the Institut pour la recherche of Caisse des Dépôts and representative of Caisse des Dépôts at the board of IHES, was the Master of Ceremony. After an introduction of Sophie Quatrehomme, Director of Communications of the Caisse des Dépôts Group and contributions of Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Director and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas, Marwan Lahoud, Chairman of the board of IHES, the audience could enjoyed a the scientific talk given by Laure Saint-Raymond, Permanent Professor at IHES. Eric Lombard, Chief Executive Director of Caisse des Dépôts, concluded this event.

To view contributions (in French) and highlights of this evening in video.