Promotion and Funding Opportunities

Innosuisse supports SMEs, start-ups and other Swiss organisations in their research and development activities. The entry opportunities and support offers are diverse.

INOS has a pool of coaches and experts who are available for up to 25 hours of free innovation consulting. The offer includes support for business model development, technology and process innovation, and inter-company cooperation. Support from experts from public research is also free of charge as part of the coaching.

The INOS thematic platforms "Sustainable Plastics", "Excellence in Global Supply Chains" and "Circular Economy" promote knowledge transfer and cooperation in future-relevant thematic ecosystems.

The SwissEnergy programme promotes projects in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energies that contribute to the implementation of the Energy Strategy 2050. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy provides financial support for projects in the areas of waste and recycling, biodiversity (nature and landscape conservation, forest conservation), soil and contaminated sites, climate, noise abatement, air pollution control, hazard prevention (protection against natural hazards and safety), resource efficiency and water.

Interreg provides support for setting up cross-border projects

Various measures are still available for cooperation with European partners. More details on participation in and funding of Horizon Europe projects by Switzerland as a non-associated third country can be found here.  Further opportunities for funding international projects, Eureka and Eurostars projects can also be found here.