Biotech grants in Switzerland
Explore Biotech grants for companies in Switzerland. This list brings together funding for drug discovery, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy, biomanufacturing and life-science research 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 Biotech in Switzerland come first.
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SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds scale-up of safe-and-sustainable bio-based polymers or co-polymers that match or beat fossil-based alternatives on performance.
SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds demonstration of safe-and-sustainable bio-based chemicals or processes that replace hazardous coatings, dyes and solvents used in making textiles.
Strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one consortium to run an EU-wide bioeconomy networking platform connecting researchers, investors, policymakers and businesses.
Strengthening taxonomic approaches for biodiversity
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build shared taxonomy databases or a European biodiversity genomics network to speed up species identification.
Strengthening the European Research Area by enhancing the bioeconomy research and innovation ecosystem in BIOEAST countries
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one consortium to align bioeconomy research funding and priorities across Central-Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans.
Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D into bio-based alternatives that replace hazardous chemicals like PFAS in industrial products and processes.
Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds companies scaling up sustainable macroalgae cultivation and turning the harvest into new bio-based food, feed or industrial products.
Tackling Diarrhoeal Diseases in the Context of Climate and Health
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Funds late-stage clinical trials of treatments and diagnostics for six climate-linked diarrhoeal disease pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa.
Tackling High-Burden, Under-Researched Medical Conditions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds clinical and pre-clinical research that pins down the causes of, and builds better diagnostics and treatments for, medical conditions that are common but poorly understood, such as ME/CFS, autism, gynaecological diseases and low back pain.
Transformative Innovations in Global Health
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Funds beyond-proof-of-concept innovations that make infectious-disease prevention, treatment or diagnostics cheaper, more accessible or better suited to sub-Saharan Africa.
Translating Disruptive New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) into Practice
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays biomedical New Approach Methodology developers a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate animal-free testing methods and prepare them for regulatory use.
Understanding how infections foster and induce non-communicable diseases
🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union
Funds one project mining research cohorts and biobanks to find causal links between infections and non-communicable diseases, aimed at new vaccines, diagnostics and early treatments.
Understanding the effects of environmental exposure on the risk of paediatric, adolescent and young adult cancers
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research into how environmental exposures interact with genetic and lifestyle factors to cause cancer in children, adolescents and young adults.
Unleashing the potential and advancing the impact of the digitalization/Artificial Intelligence of the climate-neutral bio-based value chains
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI and digital-twin tools that speed up bio-based manufacturing — from biorefinery process control to predicting biosynthesis pathways.
Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds a full-scale flagship biorefinery that turns separately-collected urban bio-waste into higher-value bio-based products instead of compost or biomethane.
Vaccine Development for Epidemic-Potential Viruses
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds the advancement of existing vaccine candidates against one named epidemic-prone virus, from lab testing through to a first human safety trial.
Valorisation of untapped forest biomass
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds research into new tools and conversion routes that turn low-value forest residues into bio-based chemicals, materials or products beyond bioenergy.
First Ventures
🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.
InnoBooster
🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.
SERI Bilateral Joint Research Projects — Seed
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Supports Swiss and partner-country researchers through SERI bilateral projects for cross-border collaboration.
SERI Leading House Pilot Activities — Seed
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Provides SERI Leading House pilot support for new research collaboration with LATAM, MENA, Africa, and Asia.
Initial Coaching
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Offers Swiss start-ups a CHF 10,000 coaching voucher to test and refine their business.
Innosuisse Eurostars Q1 cut-off
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds international collaborative research and innovation projects led by innovative small and medium-sized companies.
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships Cohort
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Provides research mobility support for foreign early-career researchers in Switzerland through SERI scholarship pathways.