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 25-48 of 435 grants
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.
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.
Quantum Machine Learning
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds research building and benchmarking quantum-enhanced machine-learning methods for real-world, data-heavy problems.
ESA BIC — Incubation
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Provides equity-free incubation funding and business support for space-related startups across Europe.
Eureka Network Projects — Permanent
EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships — ISERD)
🇪🇺ISERD · Israel
Supports internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers placed in Israeli institutions to build independent research careers through EU mobility fellowships.
Academic IP to Industry
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €1M support projects that help universities turn dormant intellectual assets into green and digital products through startups, SMEs and industry.
Automated Scientific Discovery – Food (RAISE pilot)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a pilot lab where AI and automation run safer, faster and more reproducible food-science experiments.
Automated Scientific Discovery (RAISE pilot)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €10M projects that retrofit advanced laboratories with trustworthy AI for closed-loop scientific discovery.
Human-AI Collaboration for Future Manufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €4–6M projects that make human-AI collaboration more inclusive, adaptable and effective on the factory floor.
Made in Europe: Circular Factory Remanufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €5–6.5M research projects that automate factory de-manufacturing and remanufacturing for a more circular European industry.
3C Telco-Edge-Cloud Demand Pilots
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €19M pilots that put secure 3C telco-edge-cloud networks to work in mobility and another strategic vertical.
AI Data Centres: Efficient Cooling, Power and Operations
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €10M projects that cut the energy and climate footprint of AI data centres through better cooling, power and operations.
AI Robotics Integration for Industry
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds an €18M pilot to make AI-driven industrial robots easier to integrate, safer to deploy and reusable across factories.
Apply AI Challenge Innovation Booster
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €14M challenge programmes that turn advanced AI into solutions for healthcare, manufacturing or autonomous driving.
Decentralised and Sustainable AI Processing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €17.5M research projects that spread AI processing across sustainable, secure edge, cloud and HPC resources.
Digital Technology Foresight Forum
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €4M coordination action to spot future digital technologies and connect the people who can bring them into use.
European Leadership in Global Digital Standards
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €7M action that helps European experts lead global digital standards and gives SMEs and researchers a stronger voice in ICT rule-making.
International AI Partnerships for Local Innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €1.5M projects that adapt European AI to local data, innovation hubs and real-world challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
Safe and Efficient Frontier AI
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €44M frontier-AI project that builds safer, more efficient European models with lower computational demands.
Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 Ecosystem
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €3M coordination action to build an open, trustworthy and competitive European Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 ecosystem.
Virtual Worlds: Immersive Hardware and Haptics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €4.8–5.6M research projects building smaller, smarter and more realistic hardware for inclusive virtual-world experiences.
Horizon AI Digital Energy System
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €10M innovation projects that bring secure, frugal AI from the lab into real-time grid operations and consumer energy tools.