
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.
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?
European start-ups/biotechs and academics from our selected partner institutions developing cutting-edge technologies in the following areas:
- Digital, data sciences and artificial intelligence
- Drug optimization and biologics discovery research
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
- Processes in Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control
- Real World Evidence development
- Precision Medicine in oncology, immunology-inflammation, rare and neurodegenerative diseases
- Cell and Gene Therapy
- Vaccines

Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards 2023
Recent award recipients share how winning this award and collaborating with Sanofi researchers has impacted their work.
Get ready !
Call for projects 2023 (open from November 3rd to December 16th 2022)
Our selection process
A fast process to select and start projects in less than 8 months
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The iDEA-TECH Awards recipients for the 2020 cycle are
Adam AMARA
Juan CORTES
Jozo DELIC
Amandine GUERINOT
Christian LUDWIGS
Isabelle MALCUIT
Philippe NGHE
Franck PEREZ
Andrey PICHUGIN
Martin RAASCH
Fabien REYAL
IDEA-TECH Awards program Partners (Academic Insitutions)
France
CEA
CNRS
Université PSL
Inserm
Germany
University of Heidelberg
University of Hamburg
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
Belgium
VIB
IDEA-TECH Awards program Partners (Pôles de compétitivité)
France
EurobioMed
Genopôle
Lyonbiopôle
Medicen
Switzerland
BioAlps
Germany
BioRN
Belgium
Flanders.bio
For more information
contact EMEA_iTech-Awards@sanofi.com