Innosuisse Innovation Cheque
Innosuisse (Swiss Innovation Agency) · Innovation voucher
$18KUp to CHF 15,000 (~$18.5k) paid to a Swiss research partner for a preliminary study
Voucher for Swiss SMEs and start-ups to commission a feasibility or market-potential study of an innovative idea from a Swiss research partner.
Key terms
- Innosuisse pays 100% of the research partner's costs up to CHF 15,000; the money goes to the research partner
- Organisation based in Switzerland with a UID number and fewer than 250 FTEs (group-wide)
- You must already have identified a Swiss research partner
- Not available if you received a preliminary-study voucher in the past two years
- Decision in about 4–6 weeks; the study must be completed within six months
Eligibility
- Where
- Switzerland
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Fewer than 250 FTEs
- Swiss research partner required
How to apply
Submit the online form on the Innosuisse application platform at any time; rejected applications can be revised and resubmitted.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- 4–6 weeks
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-30 · source
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