3rd UK-Switzerland Bilateral Call for Joint Innovation Projects

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Authority, will invest up to £3 million from Innovate UK and at least CHF 3 million from Innosuisse in innovation projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to enhance UK and Swiss collaborations and capabilities in the emerging technology fields, resulting in the development and delivery of new innovations and applications across a broad range of sectors. This bilateral call is open exclusively to Swiss and UK partners and aims to strengthen cross-border innovation collaboration exclusively in the following priority areas: Semiconductors Life Sciences Engineering Biology Innovate UK will hold an applicant briefing webinar at 10am UK time (11am CET) on Tuesday 23 June: click here to register for a webinar place . A recording and slides will be available afterwards. Consortia must include at least one business from each country , and will usually also need to include a research institute from one of the countries . See below for full requirements, and for the help that is available to find consortium partners. UK registered businesses must collaborate with at least one non-linked, registered Swiss implementation partner applying under the equivalent Swiss Innosuisse programme. The project must be independently selected by both Innovate UK and Innosuisse to be eligible for funding. Based on our experience with previous calls, the overall chance of success is approximately 11%.