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.
Project Call Open
Sanofi’s iDEA-TECH Program request for Pre-proposals is open until December 15th, 2023. Please review the submission instructions and scope of the call and use the provided template when completing your application.
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
Preclinical Safety
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
Our selection process A fast process to select and start projects in less than 8 months:
