GRADeS Centre-Val de Loire, in partnership with the Centre-Val de Loire Regional Health Agency (ARS) and the La Salamandre Community of Health and Social Services (CPTS), is organizing a regional competition inviting students and startups to develop an artificial intelligence prototype capable of:

• Analyze digitized paper medical documents,
• Automatically extract key information,
• Sort and index the documents,
• Generate a structured medical summary in accordance with the Medical Summary Section (VSM). 

Visit the competition website by clicking here. 

Competition Schedule 

• Through May 31, 2026: submission of applications
• Through June 30, 2026: prototype development
• July 2026: Presentations to a jury
• September 30, 2026: Awards ceremony during the GRADeS Centre-Val de Loire Health Innovation Day. The winning prototypes will be presented at this event. 

Awards
Grand Prize: €5,000 (awarded in each category: students and startups)

Thematic prizes will also be awarded, notably for:

• AI performance,
• Medical relevance,
• Ethics and the GDPR,
• Design and usability.