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Advanced Manufacturing grants in Switzerland

Explore Advanced Manufacturing grants for companies in Switzerland. This list brings together funding for additive manufacturing, automation, digital factories and industrial innovation from Swiss innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Switzerland, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Manufacturing in Switzerland come first.

Showing 97-120 of 265 grants

European Commission logo
Closed

Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds collaborations between energy-intensive industry and net-zero technology manufacturers that integrate net-zero equipment into real industrial processes.

Energy TechAdvanced Manufacturing
€5M – €9M
European Commission logo
Closed

Solving issues in carbon-neutral iron and steel making processes with diverse input materials of varying quality

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research that solves system-level problems in carbon-neutral iron and steel making caused by variable-quality input materials.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Manufacturing
€14M
European Commission logo
Closed

System innovation experimentation for Industry 5.0

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Paid one European project EUR 3 million to test Industry 5.0 transformation methods in regional industrial ecosystems, re-granting up to EUR 60,000 per third-party activity.

Advanced Manufacturing
€3M
European Commission logo
Closed

Towards commercialisation of Perovskite PV and development of dedicated manufacturing equipment (EUPI-PV Partnership)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds development of manufacturing equipment and stability fixes needed to commercialise perovskite solar cells.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials+1
€8M
European Commission logo
Closed

Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays a single coordination project to map Industry 5.0 technologies — wearables, human digital twins, extended reality — for energy-intensive industry workplaces.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech
€2M
Gebert Rüf Stiftung logo
Open

First Ventures

🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland

Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.

CHF 150KDec'26
Gebert Rüf Stiftung logo
Open

InnoBooster

🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland

Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.

CHF 150KDec'26
SERI — State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation logo
Open

SERI Bilateral Joint Research Projects — Seed

🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland

Supports Swiss and partner-country researchers through SERI bilateral projects for cross-border collaboration.

CHF 250K
SERI — State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation logo
Open

SERI Leading House Pilot Activities — Seed

🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland

Provides SERI Leading House pilot support for new research collaboration with LATAM, MENA, Africa, and Asia.

Innosuisse — Swiss Innovation Agency logo
Between cycles

Initial Coaching

🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland

Offers Swiss start-ups a CHF 10,000 coaching voucher to test and refine their business.

CHF 10K
Innosuisse — Swiss Innovation Agency logo
Between cycles

Innosuisse Eurostars Q1 cut-off

🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland

Funds international collaborative research and innovation projects led by innovative small and medium-sized companies.

SERI — State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation logo
Between cycles

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships Cohort

🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland

Provides research mobility support for foreign early-career researchers in Switzerland through SERI scholarship pathways.

Innosuisse — Swiss Innovation Agency logo
Closed

Swiss Accelerator

🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland

Funds Swiss SMEs and start-ups already on the market to commercialise and scale innovation projects through Innosuisse direct grants.

CHF 2.5M
Swiss Innovation Challenge, supported by Innosuisse logo
Closed

Swiss Innovation Challenge

🇨🇭SIC · Switzerland

Pays CHF 30,000 plus in-kind support to a standout Swiss innovation project.

CHF 30K
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Open

EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory

28DIGITAL · European Union

Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.

AIBiotech+10
German Energy Agency (dena) logo
Between cycles

Start Up Energy Transition Award 2027

dena · Germany

Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.

Energy TechMobility+3
€10K
National Institute of Standards and Technology logo
Between cycles

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

NIST · United States

Funds NIST partnership research across metrology, nanotechnology, AI and advanced manufacturing, open to almost any non-federal organisation except individuals.

AIAdvanced Materials+1
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development logo
Between cycles

Minnesota Angel Tax Credit

🇺🇸MN DEED · United States

Funds Minnesota angel investors through a refundable credit for investments in high-technology startups.

AIBiotech+3
$250K
SPIE, with awards funded by Jenoptik logo
Between cycles

SPIE Startup Challenge

SPIE · United States

Pays up to $10,000 to photonics startups pitching at Photonics West 2027.

PhotonicsMedtech+1
$3K – $10K
Creative Destruction Lab logo
Between cycles

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/27 Cohort

Creative Destruction Lab · Canada

Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

AIQuantum+11
CAD 0
DECHEMA, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain and High-Tech Gründerfonds logo
Closed

ACHEMA Start-up Award

DECHEMA · Germany

Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Manufacturing+1
€15K
Intrinsic and Open Robotics logo
Closed

AI for Industry Challenge

Intrinsic · United States

Pays $180,000 in cash prizes to developer and robotics teams that train an AI model to solve a real electronics-assembly cable-handling problem on Intrinsic's platform.

RoboticsAdvanced Manufacturing
$10K – $100K
Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) logo
Closed

AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026

XTC · United States

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

AIEnergy Tech+6
CEMEX Ventures logo
Closed

Construction Startup Competition

CEMEX Ventures · Mexico

Awards equity-free cash prizes and strategic investment access to ConTech startups pitching to a consortium of ten construction-industry corporate venture arms.

Built EnvironmentClimate Tech+1

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