AI grants in Switzerland
Explore AI grants for companies in Switzerland. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in Switzerland come first.
Showing 1-24 of 440 grants
BRIDGE Proof of Concept
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds young Swiss researchers moving research into practical demonstrations to strengthen real-world implementation.
Digital Europe Programme Swiss Participant Co-funding
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Funds Swiss organisations joining Digital Europe projects through European Commission funding and possible SERI co-funding.
SNSF Project Funding
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds Swiss individual and team science projects across strategic research areas.
Venture Kick — Stage 2
🇨🇭Venture Kick · Switzerland
Funds Venture Kick alumni to continue development with growth support before next-stage financing opportunities.
Venture Kick — Stage 3
🇨🇭Venture Kick · Switzerland
Funds Venture Kick scale-up companies with bridge capital and follow-on equity support toward expansion.
An AI Foundation Toxicology Model and Framework to Support Waiving a Second Species in Drug Safety Studies
🇨🇦IHI JU · European Union
Funds development of an AI toxicology model that lets drug developers waive costly second-species animal safety testing.
Innovation Project with Implementation Partner
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Supports Swiss innovation by co-funding projects between research institutions and implementation partners.
BRIDGE Discovery
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds experienced Swiss researchers conducting applied research with high translational potential for industry adoption.
Innovation Project without Implementation Partner
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds Swiss researchers developing feasibility studies, prototypes, and testing facilities before engaging an industry partner.
SPRIND Equity Investments & Convertible Loans
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Invests in German deep-tech ventures through shared-equity support with private co-financing and downside risk share.
Start-up Core Coaching
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Provides Switzerland innovators with hands-on guidance for startup coaching and commercialization preparation and commercialization planning.
Venture Kick — Stage 1
🇨🇭Venture Kick · Switzerland
Funds Swiss university spinout founders in an early pre-seed stage with a jury reviewed non-dilutive grant path.
BRIDGE Discovery — 10th
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds high-potential Swiss researchers translating ideas into practical demonstrations to strengthen real-world implementation.
SNSF Starting Grants
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds early-career Swiss investigators building independent research groups through sustained support.
AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays up to ten European chip companies between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million each to build working AI chip prototypes and get them tested on a shared EU evaluation platform.
AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays one consortium up to EUR 70 million to build a common EU platform for evaluating and deploying European AI chips and racks.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.
BASS Kick-start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled applications in agriculture, climate monitoring, and transport innovation.
Horizon Border Security: Accessible Travel Facilitation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €4M border-crossing tech projects, run with Border or Coast Guard Authorities, built for travelers with disabilities or low digital skills.
RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds doctoral networks whose research depends on building new AI tools that push forward a specific scientific discipline, selected through the main MSCA Doctoral Networks call.
BASS — Wildfires
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled wildfire monitoring programs improving response, prediction, and ecosystem safety.
Horizon Energy: AI Foundation Models for Grid Data
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €10M projects that pool energy data and train AI foundation models on it, tested in lab demonstrators and real-life pilots.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.
Quantum Machine Learning
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds research building and benchmarking quantum-enhanced machine-learning methods for real-world, data-heavy problems.