The eight-year period referred to in Article L. 1415-7 corresponds to the maximum period of funding for a research project under a grant awarding act, when the clinical or fundamental research project cannot be completed in five years due to its particular complexity.
The projects mentioned in the first paragraph may benefit from this time period by decision of the President of the Institut National du Cancer, taken after obtaining the opinion of at least two external assessors chosen by the President of the Institute for their expertise in the field concerned by the project.
Once a year, the President of the Institut National du Cancer presents a report to the Board of Directors on the implementation of this article.