Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards - Europe

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 Sanofi iDEA-TECH Awards 2024 call for projects is now closed.

The next call will be launched at the end of 2025.

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:

  • 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 organoids 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.

Watch the video

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)

For a complete list of past and current recipients

IDEA-TECH 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

Institut Pasteur

Germany

University of Heidelberg

University of Hamburg

United Kingdom

University of Oxford

University College London

Belgium

VIB

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie

Spain

Fundacio Sant Joan de Deu

IDEA-TECH Awards program Partners

Pôles de compétitivité

France

BioValley France

EurobioMed

Genopôle

Lyonbiopôle

Medicen

Switzerland

BioAlps

Germany

BioRN

Belgium

Flanders.bio

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