EPFL Ignition Grant

The EPFL Ignition Grant gives a spin-off up to six months of incubation inside an EPFL laboratory in Lausanne. It is a CHF 30,000 grant with no equity component, usable for salary, consumables or outsourcing, and it cannot be combined with other EPFL Startup Unit financial support at the same time. Deeptech and generalist projects.

Investment

CHF 30,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

26 weeks (At Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

rolling

Location

Lausanne, Switzerland

Sectors

• Deep Tech
• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/en/ignition-grants/ read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, website, status

Other accelerators in Lausanne

• Blaze Accelerator
• EPFL Innogrant

Last verified 2026-09-05.