Energy Tech grants in Switzerland

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Backs youth-led renewable energy and climate ventures with a four-month acceleration programme.

Closed

Pays $20,000 to pilot a real-time sensor system that detects unsafe scaffolding changes at a refinery.

Closed

Funds student-led startup teams competing for investment, non-dilutive cash, and in-kind prizes at Rice University.

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Pays up to $575,000 across three phases for a rapid seal that stops dam conduit failures.

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Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.

Closed

Awards early-stage climate tech and energy start-ups an equity-free cash prize, a fully-covered trip to Berlin, and investor exposure at the SET Tech Festival.

Closed

Awards up to €50,000 in equity-free funding and mentoring to energy, smart-city and eHealth startups.

Closed

Awards $250,000 in non-dilutive funding to a bold, high-potential climate solution.

Closed

Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.

Closed

Supports water-solvers advancing desalination systems and infrastructure for severe scarcity conditions.

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Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

Discontinued

Offers United Arab Emirates investors and strategic startups with growth capital and partnership options across technology and energy.

Open

Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.

Open

Pays SMEs a fixed EUR60,000 grant to run a six-month market feasibility project testing whether their innovation can be commercialised in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania.

Open

Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.

Open

Pays SMEs and startups a 60,000-euro grant to test whether their solution is viable in a target overseas market.

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Funds cross-sector consortia building 'talent ecosystems' that connect researcher training with employer needs to make early research careers more attractive.

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Funds consortia running youth science-engagement programmes or researcher-public dialogue events under one of two chosen tracks to boost trust in science.

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Funds a group of 3-6 cities to jointly run a year-long 'Science comes to town' public-engagement programme, including the EUCYS and EU TalentOn competitions.

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Funds part of the cost of talent-recruitment programmes that give postdoctoral researchers a two-phase path to a stable research career in Europe.

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Funds part of the cost of running new or existing doctoral training programmes at universities and research organisations.

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Funds city and regional authorities to run living labs that scale up circular-economy solutions across Europe.

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Funds European Researchers' Night events and Researchers at Schools visits that bring MSCA-funded scientists face to face with the public and pupils.

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Funds complementary services, synergies and integration across Europe’s major research infrastructures.