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.

Next call for Projects: Spring 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 
  • Cell and gene therapies 
  • Vaccines
  • Target, Disease and Systems Biology

iAwards 2024: Ongoing Projects

Farida DJOUAD

Inserm (France)

Nathalie SAUVONNET

Institut Pasteur (France)

Georgia MALAMUT

Institut Imagine (France)

Bram VERSTOCKT

KU Leuven (Belgium)

Georges Doumet HELOU

Inserm (France)

Olivier DELATTRE

Institut Curie (France)

Nikolas GUNKEL

DKFZ (Germany)

Elodie SEGURA

Inserm (France)

Arthur LIESZ

LMU (Germany)

Franziska HOPFNER

LMU (Germany)

Rivka DIKSTEIN

Weizmann Institute (Israel)

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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