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Seeking proposals for joint Innovation projects between South Korea and Switzerland

Seeking proposals for joint Innovation projects between South Korea and Switzerland, The Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) and the Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse) are happy to announce their collaboration for 2025 to fund joint innovation projects that have significant market potential in both South Korea and Switzerland.

Companies and research institutes which identify the two countries as a major market and research locations, and which want to take advantage of the benefit of KIAT/Innosuisse funding and added value of international cooperation.

Participants from South Korea and Switzerland are invited to submit joint project proposals in the research and development of innovative products and applications with a strong market potential.

This website is a virtual market place to discuss project opportunities and facilitate introductions between organisations from South Korea and Switzerland participating in this call. It is an open 1:1 networking platform. Meetings among participants can be scheduled by themselves at official period (Feb. 20-21) or any time until 25th of April 2025. For more information about the call, please refer to the Call guidelines on websites of Innosuisse and KIAT.

Launch of Call

12th of February, 2025

(KOREAN)    (SWISS)

Partnering

[Online 1:1 meeting (Official)] 20th-21st of February

* Participants can schedule 1:1 online meeting(s) with interesting parties other than above dates (by 25th of April) 

Call information webinar

19th of February 2025 

Time: 08:30 AM(Switzerland) / 16:30(Korea)

Call Webinar recording: Replay (password: AibTxZj2)

Presentation of national funding system in South Korea - KIAT

Presentation of national funding system in Switzerland - Innosuisse

Partner search support and b2match platform - Enterprise Europe Network

Testimony - Project PACSTATE

Testimony - Project Synapsuit 

Template Consortium Agreement 

Deadline for submission

27th of May 2025

Notification of decision

August 2025

Earliest Project Start Date

1st of October 2025

HOW TO  JOIN INFO-WEBINAR and FIND R&D PARTNER

1. Registration (input your organization and marketplace information)

2. Click ‘Agenda(Top menu)’ and select both webinar and online partnering event

3. After activated, search for potential Swiss or Korean participants by choosing ‘countries’ option at ‘Participants’ menu

- You may find more cooperation detail at ‘Marketplace’

4. Send ‘meeting request’ with messages including who you are and what you want to discuss

5. Online meeting at agreed schedule by both entities

- Long-Term 1:1 meetings: sign up for this session by going to your Availability section in your profile. More information here.   

- You can either use B2match online meeting function or other online meeting tools (i.e. MS Teams, Zoom, etc.) agreed by both

Please check FAQ and manual (you can download from ‘Resources’ at the right bottom) for more information about the system.