Innosuisse may support highly qualified persons from higher education research centres, from non-commercial research centres outside the higher education sector, and from small- and medium-sized enterprises to acquire innovation skills.
For this purpose, contributions may be paid to enable such persons to:
conduct feasibility studies or similar projects;
take part in continuing education and training programmes;
undertake guest residencies to foster interaction between researchers and practitioners.
The contributions may be paid to a highly qualified person to cover direct project costs, participation fees or living expenses or in the case of guest residencies to their employer to cover the costs of continued payment of salary. They may also be paid in the form of grants or interest-free loans.
The contributions shall only be granted if the support objective cannot be achieved within the scope of an innovation project in accordance with Article 19 or through a measure in accordance with Article 20 paragraph 1 or 2.