Funding and Competitions
This page offers a selection of the most prominent funding opportunities for researchers and students.
Do you still wonder which funding instrument is the right one for you, or how you can increase your chances to obtain funding?
The Innovation Office offers personal consultations to researchers and students to identify and apply for the most suitable funding instrument. Also, a more exhaustive list of funding options can be obtained upon request. Contact us here.
Furthermore, researchers of the University of Bern will find further support information for Innosuisse proposals and grants here (Uni Intern).
At the University of Bern and the Inselspital
UniBE Venture Fellowship
The UniBE Venture Fellowship program supports researchers from all disciplines to translate their scientific results into innovative products or services and take their first steps on their entrepreneurial journey.
UniBE INNO Grant
Up to CHF 20,000 to advance, validate and refine ideas into innovative products or services.
STAGE UP
The Bernese Business Creation Competition of the Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Bern.
Students4Sustainability
Would you like to foster sustainability and have a project idea? Are you still missing the budget, additional team members and a certain amount of know-how?
With Students4Sustainability you receive up to CHF 10,000 per project, networking opportunities and expert knowledge.
In the Canton of Bern
Aare Ventures – Business Angel Club
Aare Ventures connects selected early stage startups from the Bern Mittelland region with an active business angel community.
Neocredit.ch – in cooperation with BEKB
Neocredit.ch is a crowdlending platform that provides loans to startups and young companies.
Sitem Startup Club
The Sitem Startup Club is an investor club focused on MedTech investments.
Bern Economic Development Agency – Startup grants
Companies with market potential can apply for financial support for the start-up process in the early phase (foundation/establishment).
STI Foundation
The STI Foundation promotes young entrepreneurs with innovative projects in the Espace Mittelland economic region (Cantons BE, SO, FR, NE, JU).
ValueMaker
VALUEMAKER supports above-average ambitious and committed people who are burning for their startup idea.
Ypsomed Innovation Award
The Ypsomed Innovation Fund Foundation aims to motivate innovative and entrepreneurial teams or individuals to include market needs in their scientific work and to translate their developments into products or services on the market.
Federal innovation funding schemes
NTN Innovation Booster
Competitions und Incubators
Other ressources
Check out the following websites for more extensive lists on funding instruments, up-coming submission deadlines, investor directories and other funding related news.