Swiss-EU success stories

The story of InCephalo: How a Swiss company, supported by an EU funding programme, is fighting brain cancer globally.

Thanks to the strong EIT Food consortium Phenoliva, the Swiss ETH spin-off Gaia Technologies is close to achieving full circularity in the olive oil production.

The ETH Zurich and EPFL were involved in the creation of the Bulgarian Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT).

Video-based learning can be effective and collaborative. The ViSuAL knowledge alliance with Swiss participation demonstrates how to do it.

Swiss and EU education actors co-developed a tool-kit providing effective and practical methods to reduce the dropout rate in adult education.

In November 2021, a Consortium of ETH Zurich and partners won the 22nd Energy Globe World Award with the SUN-to-LIQUID project.

In October 2021, the EIC Fund awarded a €1 million grant to SwissDeCode, a Swiss start-up providing rapid, on-site food testing solutions.

The EC supports SMEs in the adoption of blockchain and related technologies with different initiatives. Switzerland takes an important role in this ecosystem.

In March 2021, the EU-funded biotech company Gain Therapeutics successfully entered the NASDAQ stock market. We had the opportunity to chat with the president.

Since October 2019, the EU-funded project WiPLASH is delivering on disruptive wireless on-chip communication. And Swiss knowledge is a crucial part of it.