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SUMMARY:BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 40th call
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201
DTSTAMP:20261109T125449Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:BRIDGE is a joint programme conducted by the Swiss National Sc
 ience Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse\, the Swiss Innovation Agency. It o
 ffers new funding opportunities at the intersection of basic research and 
 science-based innovation\, thereby supplementing the funding activities of
  the two organisations.\n\nBRIDGE Proof of Concept projects support young 
 researchers (see eligibility criteria on the website) who aim to develop a
 n application or service based on their own research findings. These proje
 cts may feature any type of innovation or research field.\n\nSubmission de
 adline: \n\n	1 December 2026\, 17:00 Swiss local time\n\n\nGeneral inform
 ation about the BRIDGE PoC:\n\nFunding: Max. CHF 130\,000 per year. It cov
 ers salary and costs that are directly linked to the execution of the proj
 ect.\n\nDuration: 12 months. It may be extended once for a maximum of six 
 months.\n\nApplicants must pre-register in EPFL application portal\, to ob
 tain the Institutional commitment letter.\nIf the BRIDGE PoC grant is awar
 ded for a start-up project\, the application will also be evaluated for Sc
 iencepreneur status at EPFL.\n\nDeadline: 10 November 2026\, 17:00 Swiss l
 ocal time\n\nFor more information:\n\n	BRIDGE website\n	ReO Toolkit\n\n\nC
 ontact research@epfl.ch for institutional commitment letter\, administrati
 ve\, financial\, ethics and legal assistance.\n\n 
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