The revised Federal Act on the Promotion of Research and Innovation (RIPA) will enter into force at the beginning of January 2023. The revision affects various support offers from Innosuisse. Start-up will benefit from a new offer aiming to support start-ups in the difficult phase leading up to market entry and to accelerate this process.
On 26 October 2022, the Federal Council approved the total revision of the Funding Ordinance of the Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency Innosuisse which was adopted by its Board of Directors on 4 July 2022. With the new ordinance, Innosuisse is implementing the revision of the Federal Act on the Promotion of Research and Innovation (RIPA) from the end of December 2021. Changes as of 2023 at a glance
New offer: Start-up innovation projects
Until now, start-ups that want to develop science-based innovations and bring their innovations to market have not been eligible for direct financial support. However, the revised RIPA allows Innosuisse to directly fund science-based innovation projects from start-ups starting in 2023. Such projects with significant innovation potential must prepare the first market entry of the start-up companies. No research partner will be needed for those projects. Innosuisse will cover a maximum of 70 percent of the start-ups’ eligible project costs. The aim is to support start-ups in the difficult phase leading up to market entry and to accelerate this process.
Start-up Coaching
To simplify the process and further increase the quality of coaching, start-ups will first have to participate in the Initial Coaching to apply for the Core Coaching starting in 2023. Only after successful completion of this first phase can start-ups apply for the Core Coaching programme. Furthermore, not only founders as individuals, but also start-up companies as organisations may submit an application. Thus, the coaching services will be available for the whole team.
Innovation projects
Innovative organisations such as SMEs, large companies, start-ups, or other private or public organisations develop new services and products together with Swiss universities and research institutions as part of innovation projects. At present, as implementation partners participating companies must pay 50 per cent of the project costs themselves. Innosuisse covers the other half, thereby covering the costs of the Swiss research institutes. From January 2023, this own contribution by implementation partners for new innovation projects can be between 40 and 60 percent. The project partners will jointly define the repartition of the contributions. Innosuisse will continue to cover only the direct project costs incurred by Swiss research institutions.
International innovation projects
From 2023, Swiss implementation partners, such as SMEs or start-ups, will be able to receive direct funding within the framework of international innovation projects, even if the international project cooperation does not take place within the framework of Eurostars or the thematic EU partnerships. This change means that Innosuisse can also enter into bilateral collaborations with partner organisations in countries such as the USA, Brazil, South Korea, Israel or Sweden and contribute to direct project costs of Swiss companies in jointly financed projects from 2023.
Webinars
Innovation projects: A webinar on the changes will be held on 7 November at 9.30am. Register now.
International innovation projects: Webinars on the changes will be held as part of the various international project calls starting in February 2023.
Start-up innovation projects: Innosuisse will offer a webinar probably in early 2023.
Further informationen
> Overview on the Innosuisse website
> Interview with Annalise Eggimann about the upcoming changes for funding clients
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