38 | 2025 GIGA Annual Report Léon Fredericq Foundation The “Fondation Léon Fredericq” - created by the CHU de Liège, the Université de Liège, the Fonds Léon Fredericq ASBL and the Centre Anticancéreux ASBL - aims to strengthen support for fundamental, clinical and translational research, to mobilize against cancer and to support innovative projects carried out by the CHU and the Université de Liège for the benefit of patients. This is an essential project within a Faculty of Medicine and a university hospital with almost 800 researchers and over 50 medical departments, each working to improve patient care. In 2024, the Léon Fredericq Foundation provided almost 2.5 million euros in support of medical and biomedical research in Liège, awarding 196 grants to researchers and doctors at the University Hospital and the University of Liège, including 135 grants to GIGA researchers. A much-needed boost for young researchers in constant need of additional funding. Convinced of its raison d’être, the Léon Fredericq Foundation has always supported the GIGA with ardour and determination. To this end, it funds the work of its researchers through operating grants, their training through doctoral grants, their scientific development through travel grants, their collaboration with the CHU de Liège through the allocation of clinician-researcher mandates and subsidies for translational projects, and their use of technological platforms. By supporting the GIGA, the Léon Fredericq Foundation promotes the acquisition of new knowledge, scientific excellence and innovation, all in the service of patients. Values it holds dear. It also encourages multidisciplinary projects. It also favours the acquisition and implementation of the most advanced technological resources in the service of daring research. Last but not least, the foundation relies on the creativity of our young researchers, giving them the means to serve medical progress and meet the medical challenges of today and tomorrow. Since its inception, the Foundation has shared the GIGA’s challenges and perspectives, and is keen to contribute to its success. However, nothing would be possible on its own. That’s why, over the course of its history, the Léon Fredericq Foundation has become intimately involved in the life of the Cité Ardente. In this way, it has succeeded in forging privileged links with its environment and gaining the support of numerous citizens and partners who, over the years, have shared the essence of its missions and its enthusiasm. On behalf of the GIGA researchers and the Léon Fredericq Foundation, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of these invaluable supporters for their generosity, commitment and invaluable trust. Caroline Mazy, Director of the Fondation Léon Fredericq
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