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SUMMARY:[ Federal Office of Environment (FOEN) | Environmental technology 
 promotion ]
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Federal Office of Environment supports the developme
 nt of technologies\, installations\, processes and products (goods and ser
 vices) that can reduce environmental pollution in the public interest (acc
 ording to art. 49 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). Around CHF 4 
 million in funding is available every year.\n\nAs part of environmental te
 chnology promotion efforts\, support is provided to pilot and demonstratio
 n (P&D) projects as well as projects that improve resource efficiency and 
 strengthen the competitiveness of the Swiss economy. These include project
 s in the areas of waste and recycling\, biodiversity (nature and landscape
  protection\, forest conservation)\, soil and contaminated sites\, climate
 \, noise abatement\, air pollution control\, disaster prevention (protecti
 on from natural disasters and safety)\, resource efficiency and water.\n\n
 Who can apply:\n\n	Individual firms\, groups of firms or project groups wi
 th members from firms and research institutes.\n	Teams with members from b
 oth firms and research institutes are valued.\n\n\nFunding: no upper limit
 \n\n\n	At least 50% of all qualifying project costs must be assumed by app
 licants.\n	As an exception\, the FOEN may cover more than 50% of the costs
  for feasibility studies under CHF 50’000.\n	When over CHF 50’000 is r
 equested\, the project will be evaluated by the federal expert commission 
 for environmental technology.\n\n\nSubmission process:\n\n\n	FOEN must rec
 eive an application in writing from an eligible project partner.\n	Applica
 tions may be submitted in one of the national languages (German\, French\,
  Italian) or in English.\n	Submitted projects must provide information on 
 the criteria of environmental benefits\, innovation\, economic and technic
 al feasibility\, including market chances\, added value for Switzerland an
 d other aspects of sustainability\n\n\nNext Deadlines: 31 March 2021\n\n\n
 	The next meeting of the expert commission will take place at the end of M
 ay or in June 2021\n\n\nPlease contact the Innovation Section before submi
 tting an application. Contact: 058 469 69 10 and innovation@bafu.admin.
 ch. A 1 to 2-page comprehensive project outline and a telephone call shoul
 d largely suffice to clarify whether a project basically qualifies for a g
 rant.\n\nFor more information and application\, please have a look at FOEN
  website\, application procedure\, application forms\, salary rates and pr
 oject examples. Please contact research@epfl.ch for personalised advice on
  the applicable overhead rate\, eligible productive hours and much more.\n
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