What is actually funded in 2026 for the continuing education of self-employed physiotherapists in France: funding ceilings, eligibility conditions, the deadline you must not miss, and a step-by-step guide, with links to the official texts in force.
📝 In brief
- In 2026, the FIF PL funds the continuing education of self-employed physiotherapists up to 900 € per year and per professional, within a limit of 300 € per day and of the profession’s budget fifpl.fr.
- Courses delivered by e-learning are capped at 50 % of those daily and annual criteria fifpl.fr.
- Only Qualiopi-certified providers are eligible for funding, and the application must be filed online no later than 10 calendar days after the 1st day of the course service-public.gouv.fr.
- These 2026 criteria were approved by the Management Board of 20 November 2025 and amended on 23 April and 24 June 2026 fifpl.fr.
📜 Official sources used
- 2026 funding criteria: Masseurs-kinésithérapeutes (NAF code 8690E), fifpl.fr: fifpl.fr/codes-naf/8690ek-masseurs-kinesitherapeutes
- Online FIF PL funding application, service-public.gouv.fr: entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/R18287
- 2026 DPC allowances for physiotherapists (for combining the two), agencedpc.fr: Forfaits_masseurs_kinesitherapeutes_2026.pdf
Contents
🎯 What is the FIF PL, and who is eligible?
The FIF PL (Fonds Interprofessionnel de Formation des Professionnels Libéraux) is the body that funds continuing education for the self-employed professions in France. As a self-employed physiotherapist, you fall under NAF code 8690E fifpl.fr: it is your vocational training contribution (CFP), collected each year by URSSAF, that feeds this fund and opens your entitlement.
In practice, for your clinic:
- Self-employed practice owner: eligible as soon as your CFP contribution is up to date.
- Self-employed locum: you also pay the CFP as a self-employed professional; keep the CFP payment certificate issued by URSSAF, as it is required when putting the application together.
- Micro-entrepreneur (micro-BNC): eligible, but funding is proportional to your CFP contribution fifpl.fr according to the scale below.
💶 The 2026 FIF PL ceilings for physiotherapists
The annual budget is individual: each professional has their own allowance, granted within the limits of the profession’s overall budget fifpl.fr, hence the value of filing your applications early in the year.
The dedicated « long courses » fund
Good news if you are preparing a long course (a qualifying course or major further study): this fund is not deducted from your 2026 annual budget, and funding is available once every 3 years fifpl.fr.
✅ The conditions you must meet to be funded
- Minimum duration of 6 hours: in a single day, or as 3 consecutive 2-hour modules, or as 2 consecutive 3-hour modules fifpl.fr. Courses lasting at least 3 hours remain eligible, funded as a half-day fifpl.fr.
- Qualiopi-certified provider: only courses delivered by Qualiopi-certified providers, whose programme meets the profession’s criteria, can be funded fifpl.fr. Check this before enrolling: Physio Learning is Qualiopi-certified.
- Exclusions: conferences, round tables, symposia and congresses without a workshop are excluded (only workshops are fundable), as are courses already funded through your CPF account, along with general IT and foreign languages fifpl.fr.
🗓️ Step by step: mind the 10-day deadline
- Check that the course is eligible: Qualiopi-certified provider, compliant duration (6 hours minimum, or 3 hours for a half-day) fifpl.fr, and a subject that meets the profession’s 2026 criteria.
- Gather the documents: CFP payment certificate (URSSAF), detailed course programme, quotation or invoice from the provider. Your training provider will supply the programme and quotation on request.
- Create your account and file the application online on the FIF PL portal, no later than 10 calendar days after the 1st day of the course service-public.gouv.fr.
- Attend the course and keep your proof of attendance.
- After the course: submit the attendance and payment certificate signed by the training provider service-public.gouv.fr. Reimbursement follows, within the ceilings and the profession’s budget.
🔄 Combining FIF PL and DPC in the same year: possible, with one condition
The two allowances are independent: you can draw on both the FIF PL and the ANDPC in the same calendar year. However, double funding of the same day is prohibited: the number of days of a course funded by the FIF PL must correspond to days not funded by the ANDPC fifpl.fr.
As a reminder, in 2026 the DPC gives you an annual entitlement of 14 funded hours agencedpc.fr: a common strategy is to use up your DPC hours first (which include an allowance), then fund your further courses through the FIF PL. To go further, see our DPC guide for physiotherapists 2026, our comparison DPC or FIFPL and our page on DPC courses for physiotherapists.
❓ FAQ: FIF PL for physiotherapists 2026
How much funding does the FIF PL provide for a physiotherapist in 2026?
In 2026, funding is capped at 300 € per day and 900 € per year and per physiotherapist, within the limits of the profession’s budget fifpl.fr.
Are e-learning courses funded by the FIF PL?
Yes, but e-learning funding is capped at 50 % of the profession’s daily and annual criteria fifpl.fr, i.e. at most 150 € per day and 450 € per year for physiotherapists in 2026.
What is the deadline for filing a FIF PL funding application?
The application must be filed online no later than 10 calendar days after the 1st day of the course service-public.gouv.fr. Beyond that, it is refused. File the application as soon as you enrol so you take no risk.
Can FIF PL and DPC be combined in the same year?
Yes, the two funding routes can be combined in the same calendar year. But the same course day cannot be funded twice: the days funded by the FIF PL must correspond to days not funded by the ANDPC fifpl.fr.
I am a physiotherapist working as a micro-entrepreneur: am I entitled to the FIF PL?
Yes, but funding is proportional to your CFP contribution: 20 % of the ceilings for a contribution of 1 to 20 €, 60 % from 21 to 40 €, 80 % from 41 to 80 € and 100 % from 81 € fifpl.fr.
Which courses are excluded from FIF PL funding?
Conferences, round tables, symposia and congresses without a workshop are excluded, as are courses already funded through the CPF account, along with general IT and foreign languages fifpl.fr. The provider must also be Qualiopi-certified.
🎓 Train with Physio Learning (a Qualiopi-certified provider)
Our online physiotherapy courses are designed to meet the funding criteria (duration, programme, Qualiopi certification), and if you would rather use your DPC hours first, see our DPC courses for physiotherapists.
For an overview of continuing education for physiotherapists (DPC, FIF PL, direct payment), see our pillar page physiotherapy courses.
Information given for guidance only, always refer to the official text in force.
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