Sanofi

Sanofi iAwards Europe

What Is It?

A booster to transform groundbreaking ideas in the field of target identification, disease knowledge and translational science into innovative therapeutic solutions. We partner with best-in-class academics to serve a common goal: accelerating innovation for patients.

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Call for Projects Active until May 26th 2026

About the Program

  • A seed funding of 120 000 euros. 
  • A dedicated support of a Sanofi scientific expert.
  • A steppingstone to further collaboration.

Who Are We Looking For?

Principal investigators from academic partner institutions developing cutting-edge therapeutic solutions in the following areas: 

  • Oncology
  • Immunology and inflammatory diseases 
  • Rare and Neurological diseases 
  • Ophthalmology
  • Vaccines
  • Target, Disease and Systems Biology

iAwards 2025 recipients 

Virginie ESCRIOU

Inserm (France)

Bruno DEGANO

Inserm (France)

Birgit GEOERGER

Inst. Gustave Roussy (France)

Eirini VELLIOU

University College London (UK)

Robin DART

King’s College London (UK)

Dag AARSLAND

King’s College London (UK)

Mariagrazia PIZZA

Imperial College London (UK)

Simon MOORE

Imperial College London (UK)

Leeat KEREN

Weizmann institute (Israel)

Lidia YSHII

KU Leuven (Belgium)

Stéphanie HUGUES

Geneva University (CH)

Agnieszka RYBAK-WOLF

Max Delbrück Center (Germany)

For a complete list of past and current recipients, click here

iAward Program Partners

France

Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

AP-HP

Centre Léon Bérard

CLB

Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie

CIRI

Gustave Roussy

INSERM

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale

Institut Curie

Institut de la Vision

Institut Imagine

Institut Pasteur

Germany

Berlin Institute of Health at La Charité

BIH-Charité

German Cancer Research Center

DKFZ

Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

LMU

Max Delbrück Center

MDC

Translational Oncology

TrOn

Belgium

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

KU Leuven

Spain

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

CNIO

Fundacio Sant Joan de Deu

FSJD

Israel

Weizmann Institute

The Netherlands

The Netherlands Cancer Institute

United Kingdom

Cambridge University

Imperial College London

King’s College London

University College London

UCL

Switzerland

Université de Genève

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