First, the Innosuisse office formally evaluates your application. After that, three independent experts will assess the content of your application according to the clearly defined criteria. Using this assessment, the Innovation Council of Innosuisse will decide who will be invited for a pitch and present their project to Innosuisse. A final funding decision will then be made.
The experts will assess the application in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 8 of the Innosuisse Funding Regulations.
- Level of innovation: The innovation content is measured against the latest scientific developments and also against the solutions available for the identified need;
- Added value in Switzerland: Potential of effective implementation of the project results and the associated value that is expected to be created for the Swiss economy or society;
- Methodological quality: Quality of project planning, qualitative and quantitative objectives, and implementation planning to achieve the intended economic or social benefits;
- Staff expertise;
- Sustainability: Contribution to the sustainable development of society, the economy and the environment;
- Cost-benefit ratio:
- Financial performance of the start-up: The start-up must prove that it has sufficient financial resources (in addition to the Innosuisse contribution) to provide the planned own contributions to the project or that it plans to procure said funds. Financial due diligence has been carried out and a specific report has been prepared as a basis for the evaluation;
- Intellectual property: The results of an initial analysis of intellectual property rights conducted by the start-up must show that there is no obvious conflict with existing patents at the time that the application is submitted that would prevent the start-up from entering the market.
Submit your application at least eight weeks in advance of a meeting of the Innovation Council. After the formal check, it can be dealt with at the next meeting if the evaluation goes smoothly. After the meeting date, the decision of the Innovation Council is communicated by IncaMail within eight weeks. The entire application process thus takes around 16 weeks.
Important: There is no guarantee that any request submitted eight weeks before a meeting date will be considered at the next meeting.
