  The ESCULAP project aims at studying external injection of low energy
(\SI{10}{MeV}) electrons in a plasma in the quasilinear regime. This facility
will use the photo injector PHIL and the high power laser LASERIX. We will give
a status report of the preliminary work on the facility and the status of the
two machines. We will also present the results of simulations showing the
expected performances of the facility.
