What is it?
A booster to transform breakthrough technologies and processes developed by best-in-class academic partners and start-ups into innovative solutions to accelerate our R&D portfolio.
In 2022, the initiatives iDEA Awards (North America) and iTECH Awards (Europe) came together under the same umbrella: the Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards.
Sanofi R&D Launches a New Call for Innovative Proposals
The iDEA-TECH initiative funds collaborations with research institutions and early startups to advance cutting-edge science & technologies. Pre-proposals due by December 12, 2025.
About the program
- Seed funding of 120 000 euros
- 1 year project duration
- Dedicated Sanofi Project Champion and resources (subject matter experts)
- A stepping stone to further collaboration
Who are we looking for?
European start-ups/biotechs and academics from our selected partner institutions developing cutting-edge technologies in the following areas:
- Immunology & Inflammation, Oncology, Rare & Neurodegenerative diseases, Vaccines and Gene Therapy.
- Digital, data sciences and artificial intelligence applied to drug discovery, precision medicine and clinical development.
- Drug optimization and biologics discovery research.
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics.
- Translational organ-on-chip and 3D organoid models of human disease.
- Preclinical Safety and Digital Pathology.
- Processes in Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control.
Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards 2023
Recent award recipients share how winning this award and collaborating with Sanofi researchers has impacted their work.
iDEA-TECH Awards 2024 recipients
Lila DRITTANTI
AGS Therapeutics (France)
Maria DUCA
CNRS Nice (France)
Irene FERNANDEZ-CUESTA
Hamburg University (Germany)
Jordan LANE
Ignota Labs (UK)
Ignacio LEIVA
Heidelberg University (Germany)
Cécile NAIT MEDDOUR
BioHive (France)
Agapitos PATAKAS
RoukenBio (Scotland)
Ola SPJUTH
Phenaros Pharmaceuticals (Sweden)
Poul SØRENSEN
Allero Therapeutics BV (The Netherlands)
IDEA-TECH Awards program Partners
Academic Institutions
France
CEA
CNRS
Université PSL
Inserm
Institut Pasteur
Institut Polytechnique
Paris Brain Institute
Germany
University of Heidelberg
University of Hamburg
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
University College London
Belgium
VIB
Spain
Fundacio Sant Joan de Deu
Vall d’Hebron Research Institute
IDEA-TECH Awards program Partners
Pôles de compétitivité
France
BioValley France
EurobioMed
Genopôle
Lyonbiopôle
Medicen
Switzerland
BioAlps
Germany
BioRN
Belgium
Biovia
For more information
contact iDEA-TECH@sanofi.com