Robotics grants in Switzerland

Between cycles

Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.

Between cycles

Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.

Closed

Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.

Closed

Pays deep-tech start-ups, SMEs and research organisations a €300,000 lump sum in Stage 1, then up to €2.5 million in Stage 2, to push high-risk breakthrough innovations that lack commercial uptake toward real-world, demand-tested deployment.

Closed

Funds autonomous robots and remote-sensing tools that let first responders search, assess and support disaster zones made too dangerous by conflict.

Awards up to €100,000 for GenAI natural-language control of farm robots.

Closed

Pays cash prizes to teams that build and validate generative AI solutions for enhancing clinical datasets or generating automatic test cases from crash databases.

Closed

Pays two European projects between EUR 12 million and EUR 13 million each to build reconfigurable, safe robot platforms for industrial and service settings, using new materials and sensing.

Closed

Pays one European consortium EUR 18 million to run a three-stage robotics competition, with automotive as a required use case, that re-grants up to EUR 3 million per finalist team to smaller developers who compete in it.

Closed

Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.

Closed

Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.

Closed

Funds a pan-European network of 10-18 startup and scaleup hubs that can pass on up to EUR 60,000 per deep-tech startup for cross-border scaling support.

Funds innovation projects on vertiport management, automated flight and IFR procedures for crewed and uncrewed air taxis.

Closed

Funds projects that test on-site robotic and automated construction and renovation techniques, including at least one 3D-printing solution.

Closed

Funds up to three border-security and maritime-surveillance projects worth EUR 3.3 million each, built with Border or Coast Guard partners.

Closed

Funds research into wearable and cognitive augmentation technology that supports factory workers and makes manufacturing jobs safer and more human-centric.

Closed

Funds two projects, worth up to EUR 45 million each, to build generative AI foundation models for robotics or manufacturing, with at least EUR 10 million of each project re-granted to third-party companies.

Closed

Funds two Innovation Action projects, each worth up to EUR 10 million, to build safer robots from soft, compliant materials.

Closed

Offers early-career deep-tech researchers a free venture-creation and pre-incubation programme with training, coaching and a European bootcamp.

Closed

Funds research teams building multi-robot systems that collaboratively assemble structures on unstructured construction sites.

Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.

Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.

Open

Supports Swiss and partner-country researchers through SERI bilateral projects for cross-border collaboration.

Open

Provides SERI Leading House pilot support for new research collaboration with LATAM, MENA, Africa, and Asia.