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-iTECH Awards.
Sanofi iDEA-iTECH Awards is a one-year program consisting of:
- 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
A fast process to select and start projects in less than 8 months:

The iDEA-iTECH Awards recipients for the 2020 cycle are:
- Adam AMARA, TÜRING BIOSYSTEMS (United-Kingdom)
- Juan CORTES, CNRS (France)
- Jozo DELIC, CEA (France)
- Amandine GUERINOT, Université PSL/ESPCI (France)
- Christian LUDWIGS, AIGORA (Germany)
- Isabelle MALCUIT, ALGENTECH (France)
- Philippe NGHE, Université PSL/ESPCI (France)
- Franck PEREZ, Université PSL/Institut CURIE (France)
- Andrey PICHUGIN, FABMID (France)
- Martin RAASCH, DYNAMICS42 (Germany)
- Fabien REYAL, Université PSL/Institut CURIE (France)
For a complete list of past and current recipients, click here.
IDEA-iTECH Awards program Partners
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
France :
- CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
- CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
- Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres)
- Inserm
United Kingdom:
- University of Oxford
Germany:
- University of Heidelberg
- University of Hamburg
Belgium:
- VIB (Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie)
LIFE SCIENCE CLUSTERS
France:
- EurobioMed
- Genopôle
- Lyonbiopôle
- Medicen
Switzerland:
- BioAlps
Germany:
- BioRN
Belgium:
- Flanders.bio
WITH THE SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT OF BPIFRANCE
For more information contact EMEA_iTech-Awards@sanofi.com