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SUMMARY:Innosuisse Switzerland-UK 2024 Call for Proposal:  Switzerland-UK 
 2024
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Scope/Objectives\n\nInnovate UK\, part of UK Research and Inno
 vation\, and Innosuisse (the Swiss Innovation Agency) are launching their 
 second bilateral call for applications for joint R&D projects. This call i
 s open only to UK and Swiss collaborators and encourages innovation in\, b
 ut not limited to\, the following technologies:\n \n\n	Life sciences\n	AI
 \n	Semiconductor applications\n	Quantum\n\nThe aim is to support UK and Sw
 iss collaborations and capabilities in emerging fields\, thereby enhancing
  their global growth prospects. Proposals must contribute to the developme
 nt of commercial products\, processes and / or technical services with sig
 nificant market potential for the UK and Switzerland. Projects should have
  a clear benefit and added value from the collaboration between participan
 ts from both countries (e.g. increased innovation capability\, commercial 
 advantage\, access to R&D infrastructure\, new application\, etc.). Aligni
 ng the common objectives of project consortia with the funding criteria of
  both agencies will increase the success rate of funding.\n \n\n	Amount 
 :  CHF 450’000 to Innosuisse\n	Duration :  18 – 36 months\n\n\nImpo
 rtant Dates:\n \n\n	Deadline: 01 May 2024\n	Notification of award: 09 Sep
 tember 2024\n\nEligiblity:\n\nAll proposals must meet the following eligib
 ility criteria in order to be considered:\n\n	The maximum funding request 
 (per project) to Innosuisse must not exceed CHF 450\,000.-.\n	The duration
  of the project must be between 18 and 36 months.\n	The project consortium
  must include at least one business entity from each country (UK\, Switzer
 land) and one research institute from either the UK or Switzerland. If the
  Swiss applicant is an individual start-up (pre-market and <50 FTE)\, the 
 research institute requirement is waived.\n	Participation of other researc
 h organisations and other commercial companies from both countries is welc
 ome in accordance with the funding regulations of each country.\n	The rese
 arch organisations and commercial companies must comply with the regulatio
 ns of their respective countries.\n	To ensure that projects promote genuin
 e international collaboration rather than internal company research\, asso
 ciated companies will be considered as a single entity under the parent co
 mpany. Any UK registered organisation involved in an application must be a
  separate legal entity\, not linked to the Swiss partners or vice versa.\n
 	If an organisation is not leading an application\, it may collaborate on 
 up to three applications.\n	The project must demonstrate a relevant innova
 tion content\, added value and benefit from the bilateral cooperation in b
 oth countries.\n	No partner may contribute more than 70% of the total pers
 on-months to the project. Person-months is the measure of the time in mont
 hs that staff will devote to the project.\n	A draft consortium agreement\,
  including intellectual property rights (IPR)\, must be submitted with the
  proposal.\n	Both agencies will only consider project costs incurred in th
 eir country as eligible. Cross-border funding is not foreseen.\n\n\nHow to
  Apply:\n\nEach project must submit a full application before the submissi
 on deadline of 01 May 2024. The completed full application must be submitt
 ed to Innovate UK for UK partners and to Innosuisse for Swiss partners as 
 follows:\n\n\n	UK participants must submit a formal application to Innovat
 e UK via their online portal. Please read the guidance on applying for a c
 all on the Innovation Funding Service before starting.\n	Swiss participant
 s must submit a Bilateral Cooperation Application via the Innosuisse submi
 ssion portal (innolink.innosuisse.ch)\, together with the mandatory docume
 nts listed below:\n	\n		The title of your project must match the title pro
 vided by your UK partners in their respective national application to Inno
 vate UK and the title in the common proposal.\n		Please select the “Unit
 ed Kingdom” drop-down option under “Bilateral Call / Please select the
  partner country of the bilateral call you intend to submit“ in the Intr
 oduction section.\n		The completed common proposal must be uploaded as par
 t of the application.\n		The Consortium Agreement (CA) is mandatory for in
 ternational projects. A draft CA must be uploaded as an attachment to the 
 application.\n		 \n	\n	\n	Documents for financial check:\n	\n		Implementa
 tion partners with < 250 FTE are required to submit the annual accounts fo
 r the last two years as an annex to the full proposal If annual accounts a
 re not available\, the financial Excel spreadsheet available on the Innosu
 isse website should be sent to bilateral-cooperation@innosuisse.ch.\n		If 
 an implementation partner with < 250 FTE applies for more than CHF 1 Mio.\
 , Innosuisse will conduct a due diligence (additional documents will be re
 quested later). If Innosuisse has already carried out a due diligence in t
 he context of another initiative\, the result will be taken into account i
 n an appropriate way.\n		 \n	\n	\n\nCall Brokerage Event and Partnering (
 Optional)\n\nThe search for project partners is supported and organised in
  Switzerland by Enterprise Europe Network EEN\, and in the UK by Innovate 
 UK EDGE.\n\nEEN Switzerland and Innovate UK EDGE will set up an online bus
 iness-to-business (b2match) platform with partner profiles to facilitate c
 ontacts between interested organisations. The platform will allow particip
 ants to meet at any time until 15 April 2024. All partner searches will be
  managed by your EEN Switzerland and Innovate UK-EDGE contacts. Partners a
 re encouraged to register their needs on the platform as early as possible
  to increase the chances of building a consortium.\n\nAn online event (web
 inar) for interested parties will be organised on 29 January 2024. The web
 inar will provide information on funding conditions\, the call process\, p
 artner search and other aspects of the call. Interested parties will have 
 the opportunity to ask questions to representatives from Innosuisse and In
 novate UK. The link and registration for the webinar will be made availabl
 e provided on the b2match platform.\n\nFor further information:\n\nPlease 
 visit the call website for further information on\n\n\n	Common proposal do
 cument\n	Guidelines for the Bilateral Call 2024\n\nThe Research Office for
  EPFL related questions\n\nPartner search: \n\n\n	The search of project pa
 rtners in Switzerland and the United Kingdom is supported by Enterprise Eu
 rope Network EEN (Ladina Schubert\, +41 58 465 35 95\, ladina.schubert@inn
 osuisse.ch) through the b2match platform.\n\nInformation webinar:\n\n\n	Po
 tential applicants are invited to join our information webinar on 29th Jan
 uary 2024.\n\nLearn more about the international projects with the United 
 Kingdom and the local partner Innovate UK
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