Call for Innovation Partnership Grants 2020 with China (incl. Taiwan and Hong Kong), Japan, South Korea, and the ASEAN region
The third call for proposals for innovation partnership grants with China, Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN countries is now closed.
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Deadline: the call is closed
Grant sum: max. 20 kCHF
Project duration: up to 12 months
Eligible countries: China (incl. Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, South Korea, ASEAN member states (partner countries)
Goals and objectives
Innovation partnership grants will support the establishment of cooperation between Swiss researchers from universities, universities of applied sciences or public research institutes with non-academic innovation agents in China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, South Korea and member states of ASEAN. These agents can be corporates, SMEs or start-ups, innovation parks or similar entities with a focus on applied sciences or technical development. The goal of the innovation partnership grants is to initiate long-term partnerships with mutually beneficial concrete outcomes.
Eligibility
The call is open to all scientific disciplines and fields of research.
All senior scientists of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions, are eligible to apply. The Swiss scientist is the main applicant.
Innovation agent partners must be senior staff affiliated with a company, start-up, innovation park or similar agency in one of the partner countries. Universities from the partner country can participate as third parties.
DownloadCall guidelines and application form (PDF, 464 KB)