SWITZERLAND

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI

Effingerstrasse 27
CH-3003 Bern
SWITZERLAND

Dr. Andreas Gut
National Project Coordinator

Phone: +41 31 322 11 07

Mail: andreas.gut@sbfi.admin.ch

FUNDING BODY

The OPET is the federal government’s competence centre for vocational education and training, Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) and innovation.

As the Confederation’s innovation promotion agency, CTI provides support to R&D projects, to entrepre-neurship as well as to the development of start-up companies. CTI helps to optimise knowledge and technology transfer through the use of thematic and regional networks and platforms.

FUNDING TOOLS

Swiss research institutes or universitiesare funded, but at least one Swiss company must also participate.

FUNDING IN SWITZERLAND

CTI: GRANTS

SME: None
Large CO: None
Public Research-Universities: up to 100%
The Swiss industial partner must provide at least the same budget assigned to the Swiss public R&D partner.

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