The Hasler Foundation supports cutting-edge scientific and technical research projects at universities and university-like institutions, in relation to their potential benefit for Switzerland as a centre for science and industry.
The term “universities” includes academic universities, the Swiss Federal Technical Universities and their affiliated organisations, and universities of applied sciences. The term “university-like institutions” refers to non-commercial semi-state owned or privately owned research and development.
Important restrictions
- The headquarters of the institution receiving support must be in Switzerland.
- The results of the project must be freely accessible.
- Projects that are eligible for support from the Swiss National Fund (SNF) or the Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse) are not supported by the Hasler Foundation.
- The Hasler Foundation will not pay the cost of overheads for the central infrastructure but follows in this regard the SwissFoundations recommended procedure regarding overhead costs (PDF).
Support tools
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Support Programs (invitations for theme-based projects)
The Hasler Foundation provides most of its support in the context of support programmes. -
Open Support
Project applications which do not fall within the scope of a support programme, and which demonstrably are not eligible for support from the SNF or the Innosuisse, can be submitted as requests for non-specific support.