Funding modalities:
The Swiss part of an etranet project must fulfil CTI criteria (see below) to be eligible for funding. CTI cannot fund industry. Industry partners in CTI projects cover at least half of the costs. The other 50% is a grant (federal funding) to the academic non-profit institutions. The average amount of funding per project is approximately 110’000 Euro (165’000 CHF).

Detailed national requirements:
The aim of CTI support is a fast transfer of knowledge and technology from non-profit academic institutions to industry, with the aim of integrating scientific knowhow into the design of products and services. To achieve this, CTI funds and monitors innovative projects with high commercial potential that are run jointly by universities and industry. At least one company and one academic institution should be involved in a CTI project.
For information concerning the CTI criteria please visit www.kti-cti.ch . In summary the requirements for successful application for CTI support are the following:

• At least one company and at least one non-profit academic institution (Federal Institute of Technology, University, University of Applied Sciences) must collaborate on a CTI project.


• The business partner assumes at least 50 % of the project expenses.


• The project partners decide on the subject themselves (bottom-up approach).


• The projects must focus on innovation.


• They must aim at a fast time to market and have a high commercial potential.


• Other criteria: clear and measurable goals and a coherent and structured work programme with verifiable milestones, description of the current state of the relevant technology, transparent budget.


• A contract on intellectual property rights must be signed prior to the start of the project.