Submit an application

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As a researcher, you have to convince potential business partners of the value of your research.

Innosuisse will support you here: you can apply for financial support for feasibility studies, prototypes and testing facilities – especially for high-risk projects with strong innovation potential.

 

Requirements for submitting an application

To submit an application for an innovation project without an implementation partner, you must meet certain requirements.

 

As researcher

You must work at a Swiss research institution. Your research institution (the so-called research partner of the project) must belong to one of the following categories:

Note: For innovation projects without an implementation partner, a project may last a maximum of 18 months. In addition, researchers involved in such projects must respect the code of scientific integrity. Projects or activities that are contrary to scientific integrity or good scientific practice are not encouraged.

For more information, see the evaluation criteria.

 
 
 
 
 

Innovation topics

Innosuisse supports projects from all fields of innovation and interdisciplinary projects.

 
 

What your application should include

The submission of an Innosuisse project application requires substantial preliminary clarifications and preparatory work before the application is submitted. Important information in relation to the innovation content and the value creation must already be available and indicated in the application (for example: results from literature research, (market) need assessments/demonstrate potential demand, market analyses including competitor analysis/analysis of existing solutions and providers in the field).

If you want to submit an application, please include the required information explained in the following checklist (PDF, 186 kB, 19.12.2023). This list is not exhaustive. Please refer also to the descriptions of the individual chapters when submitting your application on the Innosuisse application platform.

 

Submit your application

Do you meet the requirements? Then enter your application on the Innosuisse online application platform.

After the application has been submitted, Innosuisse will start the evaluation process.

 
 
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Other funding opportunities

> Would you like to carry out an innovation project with an implementation partner?
Innosuisse financially supports science-based innovation projects conducted by industrial partners and private and public institutions jointly with a research partner.

> Do you, as an SME, need support in launching your innovation project or in finding a partner?
Small and medium-sized organisations (up to 250 full-time equivalents) can apply for support from an innovation mentor at Innosuisse.

> As an SME or smaller organisation, do you have an innovation idea, but are not sure whether it is feasible?
The Innosuisse innovation cheque enables small and medium-sized organisations (up to 250 full-time equivalents) to test the feasibility of their innovation ideas with a research partner.

> Do you want to know if your idea could be patented?
Are you in the process of submitting an application for an innovation project to Innosuisse? Then you can benefit free of charge from an assisted patent search by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI).

 

Last modification 19.12.2023

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