Grants in Switzerland
Explore grants for companies in Switzerland. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 Switzerland come first.
Showing 25-48 of 1,677 grants
City RAPTOR
🇬🇧EIT Urban Mobility · European Union
Pays startups €60,000 to pilot mobility fixes with a European city.
Flagship Project Call 2026: Resilient and Secure Technologies for Defence and Mobility
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds dual-use R&D consortia on defence and mobility resilience technologies.
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.
Innovation Project without Implementation Partner
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds Swiss researchers developing feasibility studies, prototypes, and testing facilities before engaging an industry partner.
MassChallenge Switzerland
🇨🇭MassChallenge · United States
Supports Swiss agtech, industrial, and health startups through a MassChallenge program with mentorship, networking, and investment pathways.
PRODEX Space Instrumentation
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Supports Swiss research institutes through SERI and the Swiss Space Office to build scientific instruments for space missions.
ProKilowatt Competitive Tender (17th Edition)
🇨🇭BFE/OFEN · Switzerland
Funds electricity-efficiency innovation in Switzerland through ProKilowatt competitive support based on savings outcomes.
Quantum Transitional Call
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds Swiss quantum researchers shut out of Horizon Europe's own quantum call.
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.
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships Cohort
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Provides research mobility support for foreign early-career researchers in Switzerland through SERI scholarship pathways.
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.
Swiss Accelerator
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Funds Swiss SMEs and start-ups already on the market to commercialise and scale innovation projects through Innosuisse direct grants.
BRIDGE Discovery — 10th
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds high-potential Swiss researchers translating ideas into practical demonstrations to strengthen real-world implementation.
EUREKA CH-NL Call: Cell and Gene Therapy Towards Clinical Practice
🇨🇭EUREKA CH-NL · Global / Multinational
Funds joint Swiss-Dutch R&D projects moving cell and gene therapies toward clinical use.
Joint call for proposals with South Korea in the quantum domain
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds Swiss researchers on four-year joint quantum projects with South Korea.
SFOE Pilot and Demonstration Programme
🇨🇭BFE/OFEN · Switzerland
Funds Swiss energy pilot and demonstration projects that test technologies before market use.
SNSF Starting Grants
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds early-career Swiss investigators building independent research groups through sustained support.
SWEETER Call 1 — Industrial Processes
🇨🇭BFE/OFEN · Switzerland
Funds two Swiss SWEETER challenge themes for high-temperature industry transitions and reuse of energy system components through consortium projects.
Swiss Innovation Challenge
🇨🇭SIC · Switzerland
Pays CHF 30,000 plus in-kind support to a standout Swiss innovation project.
Sword Startup Challenge 2026: Serving Wealth Management
🇨🇭Sword · Switzerland
Offers the winning Swiss wealth-management startup a venture-clienting deal with Sword.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
Eurostars Call 11 for projects
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds international R&D and innovation projects led by an SME through each country's own national funding body.