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.
The Next Project Call is Anticipated for November 2026
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
Recent award recipients share how winning this award and collaborating with Sanofi researchers has impacted their work.
iDEA-TECH Awards 2025 recipients
SCHEELE Juergen
Partex NV
POPOV Petr
Constructor University
HAMAOUI Daniel
SE Therapeutics
MEVEL Mathieu
INSERM
BESENHARD Maximilian
University College London
RODRIGUES Miguel
SmartFreez
LAPORTE Jocelyn
INSERM
MILPIED Pierre
INSERM
MARQUET Pierre
INSERM
GAFOOR Ammara
Thoughtworks
AARTS Dirk
University of Oxford
CHLANDA Petr
University of Heidelberg
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 Affiliates
Pôles de compétitivité
France
EurobioMed
Genopôle
Lyonbiopôle
Medicen
Switzerland
BioAlps
Germany
BioRN
Belgium
Biovia
For more information
contact iDEA-TECH@sanofi.com