Innosuisse - International projects by partners in South Korea and CH
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The Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) and Innosuisse work together to support international innovation projects implemented by partners from South Korea and Switzerland. Research institutions and companies have the opportunity to submit funding applications in regular calls for proposals. This partnership boosts knowledge and technology transfer and makes both countries more competitive.
Joint Call 2020
KIAT and Innosuisse are conducting a joint call for the sixth time. The call is open to innovations in all topics. The cooperation projects are focused in particular on applications from the following disciplines:
- biotech and medtech
- renewable energies and mobility
- digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- additive manufacturing
- smart materials and innovative surfaces
- augmented and virtual reality
The call is aimed at consortia of research institutions and companies from Switzerland and South Korea who want to jointly implement a science-based innovation project.
Formal criteria
All proposals must meet following eligibility criteria to be qualified for evaluation:
- The partners (project consortia) must include at least one commercial company from each country and one research institute from Switzerland.
- The participation of further research organizations and further commercial companies from both countries according to each country’s funding regulations is welcome.
- The research organizations and commercial companies must comply with the regulations of their respective country.
- The project partners shall name a designated main-coordinator.
- The project duration cannot be more than three (3) years.
- The project should demonstrate the contribution of the participants from both countries on an equal basis, and the project must be equally significant to all participants. One country cannot represent more than 70% of the overall project budget.
- With the proposal, the consortium is encouraged to present a draft agreement on the Intellectual Property Rights IPR together with the proposal, in order to reduce the negotiation time after the proposal has been approved and prior to the project starting date.
Only proposals meeting all eligibility criteria will be considered for evaluation. There will be no opportunity to correct errors in the proposals after the application deadline.
Deadlines
Project Pre-proposal Phase 1 - Submission date: May 20, 2020 (extended from April 20, 2020)
Please submit the documents below to: innoprojects@innosuisse.ch
Please mark in the title “JOINT CALL SK-CH 2020”
Feedback can be expected around mid May 2020.
Full- Proposal Phase 2 - Submission date: September 18, 2020 (extended from August 17, 2020)
Please submit your applications by way of the online system: ANALYTICS and attach the Joint SK-CH document to your application. Please mark in the title “JOINT CALL SK-CH 2020”
Feedback can be expected around the end of October 2020.
More Information:
- Call document
- Annex
- Support for partner search: EEN
Contacts:
KIAT : https://www.kiat.or.kr
Park Jungo - Tel: +82 2 6009 3201 - Email: pjo8410@kiat.or.kr
Innosuisse : https://www.Innosuisse.ch/inno/en/home.html
Mr. Roland Buehler - Tel: +41 58 466 77 03 - Email: roland.buehler@innosuisse.ch
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