Database regrouping the main funding schemes

The following is a searchable database that will enable you to find funding schemes and filter them depending on the stage you are at in your academic career, the funding body, or the type of funding desired (career, project, etc.).

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BRIDGE Discovery

Innovation
Other, Programmes, Projects
Senior researcher, Postdoctoral fellow, Professor

This funding scheme is aimed at experienced researchers from all disciplines who wish to undertake an innovative project with the potential for great social or economic impact. Researchers can submit a proposal on their own or as part of a consortium of up to three researchers.

BRIDGE Discovery funds projects for up to four years. Grants cover the salaries of project employees and research costs directly linked to the project.

 

Submission deadline

28 February 2022

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BRIDGE Proof of Concept

Innovation
Other, Programmes, Projects
Senior researcher, Postdoctoral fellow

This funding scheme is aimed at young researchers who wish to develop a product or a service on the basis of their research results.

 

Submission deadline

7 March 2022

5 September 2022

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EUREKA

Innovation
Scientific communication, Programmes, Projects
Senior researcher, Postdoctoral fellow, Professor

Market-oriented R&D and innovation projects in all technological disciplines.

EUREKA is an intergovernmental network supporting European market-oriented R&D and innovation projects across all technological sectors. It is funded by participating countries and the European Union.

Your first point of contact is with Innosuisse (the Swiss Innovation Agency).

 

Projects

Clusters : Industry-driven programmes with thematic communities of experts, large companies, SMEs, universities and research organisations. Collaborate on R&D projects of any size.

Eurostars : R&D SMEs lead international project consortia and receive national and EU funding to make their innovation come to life.

Globalstars : Calls for R&D projects with partners in a specific country outside the EUREKA network.

Network projects : A flexible programme for R&D projects with any technological focus. You can propose or join a project at any time or take part in our regular calls.

Investment readiness 

 

Call for projects in Switzerland

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Foundation Seed Capital Fribourg

Innovation
Projects
Senior researcher, Doctoral Student, Postdoctoral fellow, Professor

The Seed Capital Fribourg Foundation offers loans to support the development of innovative and sustainable projects in the canton of Fribourg.

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Innosuisse: Flagship Initiative, to stimulate systemic innovation and transdisciplinary collaboration

Innovation
Projects
Senior researcher, Doctoral Student, Student, Postdoctoral fellow, Professor

Create your flagship to stimulate systemic innovation and transdisciplinary collaboration. This initiative seeks to find solutions to current or future challenges relevant to a large part of the economy or society. Innosuisse has launched the first call for flagships in January 2021.

What is the Flagship Initiative?

The purpose of the flagship initiative is to stimulate innovation in areas relevant to a large part of the economy or society and to promote transdisciplinary project collaboration. The Initiative strives for solutions to current or future challenges, which concern several actors and/or can only be solved through collaborative work. Innosuisse is therefore defining specific but broad flagship topics in order to encourage applicants to address issues that are of particular interest for the future well-being of the country, and where new solutions and business models are required. This new funding instrument is complementary to the purely bottom-up oriented and well-established regular innovation projects. 

Systemic innovation, where value can only be derived if it is synergistically integrated with other complementary innovations, and transdisciplinarity, where actors from different disciplines collaborate, are key components of this new funding instrument.

The overall objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of the Swiss economy and/or contribute to the well-being of society by creating new value along the value chain by increasing efficiencies, reducing costs or re-solving social relevant challenges in the public interest.

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Information for project submission

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