The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds scientific research primarily focused on new findings. The CTI is the Swiss Confederation’s Innovation Promotion Agency and supports projects in the sector of applied and market-oriented research and development conducted jointly by companies and Swiss universities. The goal of the SNSF and CTI cooperation is to assure that links are forged between research and innovation through targeted measures.
Fields and forms of cooperation and coordination of SNSF and CTI (fact sheet, in German)
Over the past years, the SNSF has done much to improve the exploitation of the innovation potential in basic research in cooperation with CTI. Cooperation is currently exercised in various fields and forms that are to be further developed and strengthened in the future.
Research funding partnership: Cooperation between the SNSF and CTI
Brochure of the SNSF and CTI
CTI and DORE: Quality research at universities finds strong support
Research in fields such as social work, health, music and theatre, art, education or applied psychology and linguistics harbours major potentials for society, industry and science. The SNSF and CTI have therefore coordinated their activities within the framework of DORE (DOREsearch), the SNSFs funding instrument for practical research at technical universities and higher education colleges and jointly fund good research with commercial and practical potential in the aforementioned sectors.
Should the research request be filed with the SNSF or CTI? (FAQ)