Funding and Financing

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 page Innosuisse 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

The ETH Grants Office informs, advises and supports researchers at all levels in the acquisition and administration of competitive national and international research funding and acts as a local external page Euresearch Regional Office.

Researchers and companies can be supported in different ways and at different stages of their project:

• As individual 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)