Projects
Financing and intellectual property
Biotechnet’s members and platforms conduct research projects in collaboration with industry. By working with us, you can access financing from Innosuisse and SNSF. We have experience preparing project applications and can help you secure financial support.
Breakthroughs can be transformed into valuable products and services for society when the rights of inventors and their organizations are protected. The members of Biotechnet are experienced in creating intellectual property and working with their respective IP offices to secure background and arising IP.
Innosuisse Innovation Cheque
Offers initial support to SMEs for project and innovation concept
- Project type: Viability of your innovation concept
- Budget: Up to 15K
- Application led by: SME with less than 250 FTEs
Innosuisse Innovation Projects with Implementation Partners
Financially supports projects conducted between industrial partners and researchers at Swiss research institutions
- Project type: Developing new products, services, and processes
- Budget: Under 1M CHF
- Cost sharing: Industry 50%, Innosuisse 50%
- Duration: 6 months to 3 years
- Number of partners: 2 or more
- Application led by: Implementation partner (Industry)
Innosuisse Flagship Initiative
Financially supports projects designed to promote transdisciplinary collaboration and systemic innovation
- Project type: Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences with a Focus on Human Health
- Cost sharing: Implementation Partners 40-60%, Innosuisse 40-60%
- Number of partners: At least 2 industry and 3 research partners
- Application led by: Host institution and its partners (Consortium)
BRIDGE
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse offer funding opportunities at the intersection of basic research and science-based innovation
- Project type: Discovery
- Budget: up to 850K CHF
- Cost sharing: Bridge grant directly to academic institution; Industry acts as implementation partner
- Duration: Up to 4 years
- Number of partners: Maximum 3
- Application led by: Research institution (Academia)
Horizon Europe – Transitional Measures and Reassociation
For information about Horizon Europe reassociation status and calls, please contact a Euresearch office near you:
- Bern: richle@euresearch.ch
- Aargau: hoffmann@euresearch.ch
- Basel: susanne.daniel@euresearch.ch
- Zürich: berner@euresearch.ch
- Fribourg and Valais: kolly@euresearch.ch
- Neuchatel and Jura: gloria@euresearch.ch
- Geneva: jantarada@euresearch.ch
- Ticino: pestoni@euresearch.ch