2022 Call for Innovation Partnership Grants
Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich has launched an open call for Innovation Partnership Grants 2022 for projects with non-academic partners in East and Southeast Asia.
The innovation partnership grants support the establishment of a cooperation between Switzerland-based researchers from federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, or public research institutes with non-academic innovation agents in China, Japan, South Korea and member states of ASEAN. Agents in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are also eligible. These agents can be corporates, SMEs or start-ups, innovation parks or similar entities with a focus on applied sciences or technical development.
Funding Information & Duration
The maximum amount for an innovation partnership grant is 20 kCHF.
Project duration: Up to 12 months
Activities
Specifically, innovation partnership grants can support activities such as:
planning a joint R&D project proposal for submission to a national or international innovation-related funding agency (e.g. Innosuisse)
establishing long-term consulting or training partnerships between two institutions (e.g. management training for an Asian innovation agent conducted by a Swiss university of applied sciences)
pilot technology or product development activities (e.g. creation of a prototype integrating Swiss knowledge)
reverse engineering projects (e.g. extraction of knowledge from Asia for educational purposes)
Eligibility Criteria
The call is open to all scientific disciplines and fields of research, including social sciences and the humanities.
Postdoctoral scientists, senior scientists and professors of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, as well as public research institutes, are eligible to apply.
The Switzerland-based scientist is the main applicant and must be employed at one of the aforementioned Swiss institutions. Researchers of all nationalities are eligible to apply as main applicant.
Non-academic innovation agent partners must be senior staff affiliated with a company, start-up, hospital, innovation park or similar agency from the partner country. Universities from the partner country can participate as third parties.
Eligible partners: located in China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN member states. Partners located in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan are also eligible.
Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be assessed by an evaluation panel. The evaluation is based on the following criteria:
Innovation potential
Technological merit of the anticipated outcomes
Feasibility and originality of the proposed activity
Potential for long-term collaboration and follow-up activities
Expertise and complementarities of the partner institutions and the applicants
Contributions by all involved partners, including funding and in-kind contributions
Potential economic benefits
Promotion of young and female researchers
For more information, visit https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/global/eth-global-news-events/2022/05/call-for-innovation-partnership-grants-2022.html