Swiss Accelerator – Application form 
                    Short application
                    Documents to be submitted for the short application:
                    Please send the present short application form (as Word and PDF document) as well as the following 
                    documents (as PDF attachments) using the nomenclature indicated in parentheses. For multiple docu-
                    ments on the same topic, submit only one PDF. 
                      Short application form (project acronym_short_application.docx & … .pdf)
                      Pitch deck of max. 10 slides (project acronym_A1_pitchdeck.pdf)
                      Certificate of registration in the commercial register (project acronym_A2_register.pdf)
                      Company organisation chart incl. Board of Directors and a list of the advisors most relevant for this 
                       project (if any) (project acronym_A3_organisation.pdf)
                      Optional: Document of max. three pages in total to provide e.g. Letters of Intent, etc. (project ac-
                       ronym_A4_addendum.pdf)
                    Deadline for submission of the short application: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 (12:00 noon Central 
                    European Summer Time / CEST)
                    Text format: Arial, 10-point-font.
                    Character limits must be respected, but also not taken as a target.
                    The proposal must be submitted in English, German, French or Italian.
                    There is no need for a signature.
                    Contact 
                    Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency 
                    Programme Funding 
                    Einsteinstrasse 2 
                    3003 Bern 
                    E-Mail: accelerator@innosuisse.ch
                    Tel.: +41 58 465 96 44
                            st
                    Bern, 1  April 2022
                  Project title:       (max. 100 characters, incl. blanks)
                  Project acronym:      
                  Project title in English:      
                  Funding area and discipline
                  Main discipline
                  Please define the main innovation topic in which the project is active by selecting the discipline in the 
                  corresponding dropdown:
                  ICT               Life Science   Engineering    Energy             Social Sciences 
                                                                  & Environment      & Business 
                                                                                     Management
                  Secondary discipline (optional)
                  If any, define the secondary innovation topic in which the project is active by selecting the discipline in 
                  the corresponding dropdown:
                  ICT               Life Science   Engineering    Energy             Social Sciences 
                                                                  & Environment      & Business 
                                                                                     Management
                  Project abstract
                  (Max. 1000 characters, incl. blanks)
                    1          General Information
                    Company
                    Last name contact person                           First name contact person
                    Title contact person                               E-Mail contact person
                    Name of company                                    UID number
                    E-Mail (general head office)                       Postal address (head office)
                                                                                                       1
                    Year of registration in commercial register        Number of employees (in FTE )
                    Are you part of a group of companies?
                    ☐Yes                                               ☐No
                    If yes:
                      Name of parent company
                      Name of group
                      Number of employees of the entire group
                    Project 
                    Planned project start date    Duration in months                  Planned project end date
                    Total project costs in CHF    Innosuisse share in CHF             Company share in CHF
                                                  (max. CHF 2.5 Mio)
                                           CHF                                 CHF                                  CHF
                                                  Innosuisse share of total pro-      Company share of the total pro-
                                                  ject costs in % (max. 70%)          ject costs in % (min. 30%)
                                                                                 %                                    %
                    Do you have ongoing EIC Accelerator support for the same project?
                    ☐Yes  ☐No
                    Have you received a Seal of Excellence for the same project in the context of the EIC Accelerator?
                    ☐Yes ☐No
                    1  Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
                        2            Innovation
                        Please answer the questions below using no more than 1000 characters (incl. blanks) per question.
                        1.   What is the problem you want to solve?
                        2.   What is your solution (product, service, process, etc.)?
                        3.   What are the other existing solutions and what are their limitations?
                        4.   Do you have the necessary intellectual property rights to produce and market your solution in the 
                             targeted area (Freedom to Operate FTO)?
                        5.   Why is it the right time for your innovation (in particular regarding the market conditions and 
                             trends)?
                        3            Project setup
                        Please answer the questions below using no more than 1000 characters (incl. blanks) per question.
                        6.   At what level of technology and business readiness is your planned innovation project2? 
                             Please select and justify your choice:
                        TRL and BRL                              Please justify (max. 1000 characters, incl. blanks)
                        7.   What level of technological and business readiness do you intend to achieve at the end of your 
                             Swiss Accelerator project?
                             Please select and justify your choice:
                        TRL and BRL                              Please justify (max. 1000 characters, incl. blanks)
                        2  The Technology Readiness Levels TRL and Business Readiness Levels BRL correspond to those used in the context of the
                            EIC Accelerator