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InnoTREK: one-year financial support to create your start-up

You are a UNIL-CHUV researcher who would like to create a start-up and need a financial support to start? Apply for a one-year InnoTREK grant of CHF 100’000.- to launch your project! Applications for the InnoTREK grant can be submitted throughout the year 2025 to the Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV. Project selection will take place […]

You are a UNIL-CHUV researcher who would like to create a start-up and need a financial support to start? Apply for a one-year InnoTREK grant of CHF 100’000.- to launch your project!

Applications for the InnoTREK grant can be submitted throughout the year 2025 to the Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV.

Project selection will take place in the spring and autumn.

Next deadline: October 8, 2025

The InnoTREK grant is designed for any innovative project with economic potential and/or societal impact:

  • Related to a technological innovation, or
  • In digital health, requiring clinical trials or involving a significant regulatory component.

Why apply now?

  • Receive support from the very beginning to transform your concept into a business.
  • Gain a clear vision of the steps necessary to create your start-up.
  • Subsequently, benefit from one year of funding to develop your spin-off project.
  • Contribute to innovation at UNIL-CHUV.

How to apply?
Submit your application now by visiting: ktransfert.geekworkers.dev/innotrek

Contact us:
We are here to guide you through the application process and answer any questions you may have.

Contact us at: Innofund@chuv.ch

Anne-Renée Leyvraz : 079 556 11 79
Florence Guth : 079 556 12 68
Jonas Pollard : 079 556 20 60
Pierre Heuzé : 079 556 02 93

Apply Now for an InnoTREK Grant and Turn your Innovations into Entrepreneurial Success!

 

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