Innosuisse Flagship Initiative

The Flagship Initiative stimulates innovation in areas relevant to a large part of the Swiss economy or society and promotes transdisciplinary project collaboration. The Initiative seeks solutions to current or future challenges that concern several actors and/or can only be solved through collaborative work. Innosuisse defines specific but broad flagship topics; consortia submit proposals to execute a flagship within these topics. A consortium must consist of at least three research partners (of which at least one is a university of applied sciences / UAS) and at least two implementation partners. Implementation partners (companies, private or public institutions) must operate in Switzerland, engage in value-creating activities, cover 40–60% of overall project costs incurred within their company, and contribute at least 5% of total project costs as cash contribution to research partners. Research partners must work at a Swiss research centre belonging to one of the RIPA-eligible categories (Art. 4(c), Art. 5, Art. 16(3), or Art. 17). Flagship Initiative uses a two-stage process: pre-proposal (mandatory) → proposal. Both stages are evaluated on the same criteria: innovation degree, value creation and sustainability in Switzerland, and flagship setup (methodological quality, expertise of partners, cost-benefit ratio). A mid-term review takes place no later than the half-way point of the project. A joint Innosuisse + armasuisse call on dual-use technologies ('Resilient and Secure Technologies for Defence and Mobility') is scheduled to launch 1 July 2026.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.