Funding and Financing
Companies can choose between three funding options for joint projects with ETH Zurich: Direct funding, national funding and international funding for co-operation.
Directly funded research co-?operation
Companies can finance joint projects with ETH Zurich directly. This eliminates the need to submit applications to funding institutions and allows for a project start without delay.
What are the financial and legal requirements for co-operation with ETH researchers? More information is available here: Research contracts
Are there partners at ETH Zurich for your research topic? Who should I contact? The ETH Industry Relations team will be happy to assist.
Nationally funded research co-?operation
external pageInnosuisse is the Swiss agency for promoting innovation. It supports joint projects between companies and universities, thereby strengthening in particular the competitiveness of small and medium-?sized enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland. It funds preliminary studies, innovation projects and innovation mentors. Take advantage of the funding opportunities and start your Innosuisse project with ETH Zurich.
Do you have any questions regarding the application process or do you need support in finding suitable project partners at ETH Zurich? Please contact ETH Industry Relations.
Internationally funded research co-?operation
For any queries regarding international funding for companies, please contact EU GrantsAccess for the Zurich region. The team is part of the regionally structured Euresearch network and supports researchers, all ETH Zurich spin-?offs and companies in the Zurich region with regard to international funding.
external pageEuresearch is the central contact point in Switzerland for EU funding programmes for regions other than Zurich. Swiss-?based companies can obtain information and advice on EU funding as well as specific assistance with a funding application. You can find a list of external pageregional contact persons here.
In addition to the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation external pageHorizon 2020 (2014-?2020) and external pageHorizon Europe (2021-?2027), there are other European funding programmes, e.g. external pageEurostars and Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (external pageECSEL), for which external pageInnosuisse offers consulting services.
Companies can be supported in different ways and at different stages of their development:
- As indivitual participant (so-?called mono-?beneficiary)
- As member of a consortium with participants from industry and academia
- In programmes with predefined topics (top-?down) as well as in programmes with open topics (bottom-?up)
- With a focus on either early product development phases or phases bringing products to market maturity or towards expansion into new or larger market segments (scaling-?up)
