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. Your proposal must address innovation in the fields of Semiconductors, Life Sciences or Engineering Biology. UK registered businesses must collaborate with at least one non-linked, registered Swiss implementation partner applying under the equivalent Swiss Innosuisse programme. UK registered organisations must apply through the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) portal to Innovate UK. Your Swiss partner will not receive any funding from Innovate UK. Swiss partners must apply to, and will be funded by, Innosuisse for the Swiss component of the project set out in this application. In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it. Our experience from similar competitions suggests that you could have an 11% chance of success. We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny. We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions. This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief . We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information. The project must be independently selected by both Innovate UK and Innosuisse to be eligible for funding.
