Federal Office for Agriculture - Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft
Funding details
Call : Enabling Precision Farming
Country specific: Funding is restricted to organisations from Switzerland
Funding: €450,000
Conditions short: Public and private research institutes and SMEs from Switzerland
Conditions full:
National Regulations for Swiss applicants for the ICT-AGRI Call 2015
Public and private research institutes and SME can apply for funding. The work carried out must be actual research, cf. the definitions in the OECD Frascati Manual or product development. The application must be in accordance with the Swiss legal regulations for animal research and research with genetically modified organisms.
Funding bases on Article 12 VLF (Verordnung über die landwirtschaftliche Forschung). The maximum rate of support is 75% of total reported costs.
The requested contribution for Swiss partners in a project consortium shall not exceed 150.000 EUR (exchange rate: 1 EUR = 1 CHF). Funding will be granted as a framework grant, and additional funding will not be provided. Funding does not cover expenditure for activities implemented before the project has been granted.
Conditions pdf
Contact person(s):
Markus Loetscher
Funding schemes
Funding schemes define the funding conditions for different types of applicants.