The application gets funded, not the technology itself

Public funding is reluctant in this field, and that needs saying. What gets funded is a demonstrable practical benefit: traceability in supply chains, identity, energy, administration. Describe your project through the technology and you fail; describe it through the problem it solves and you find innovation and research programmes. On top of that come regulatory questions that have to be clarified before any application.

Public funding is reluctant in this field, and that needs saying. What gets funded is a demonstrable practical benefit: traceability in supply chains, identity, energy, administration.

What gets clarified first

1

What problem do you actually solve?

The use case decides eligibility, not the technology you use. The report classifies your project accordingly.

The use case decides eligibility, not the technology you use.

2

Can a research share be documented?

A genuine research share opens the larger programmes. Without it you are left with digitalisation and advisory funding.

A genuine research share opens the larger programmes.

3

Are there regulatory questions?

Tokens, custody, payment processing: whatever is open in regulatory terms blocks the application and is marked as a requirement of its own.

Tokens, custody, payment processing: whatever is open in regulatory terms blocks the application and is marked as a requirement of its own.

Which types of funding apply here

The method in detail
  • GrantInnovation and research programmes, when the practical benefit is documented.
  • Coaching & adviceSubsidised technology and legal advice – often the most realistic first step here.
  • CompetitionTechnology and innovation competitions, decided by a jury rather than by criteria.

Typical funding purposes

  • Prototype
  • Research & development
  • Security audit
  • Regulatory advice
  • Pilot project
  • Intellectual property

Who funds here

  • National innovation and research agencies
  • Funding programmes close to universities
  • EU programmes for digital infrastructure
  • Technology and start-up competitions

Official sources: Innosuisse, Cantonal business development, Guarantee cooperatives, SECO, Fedlex, Swiss foundations

Which package fits

Find funding

The free check tells you honestly whether there is anything to get in your case. If there is, Find funding delivers the programmes, the framing and the deadlines – if there is not, it says so honestly.

The free check tells you honestly whether there is anything to get in your case. If there is, Find funding delivers the programmes, the framing and the deadlines – if there is not, it says so honestly.

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FAQ

Frequent questions from the industry

Yes, but less than in other technology fields and almost always through the practical benefit. The report says openly when only a few programmes match – there are no forced recommendations.

Then it says so honestly instead of forcing weak recommendations.

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