EPFL Innogrant

An EPFL Innogrant covers a founder's salary for up to one year - as much as CHF 100,000 - while the project incubates inside a hosting EPFL laboratory in Lausanne against a realistic twelve-month roadmap. It is a grant, so no equity is taken; UBS is the programme partner. Deeptech and generalist projects.

Investment

CHF 100,000 (Above Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

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

Duration

52 weeks (Longer than 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/innogrants/ 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 Ignition Grant

Last verified 2026-09-05.