Impact Grant

Grant of CHF 10'000
Test your idea and verify the sustainability of your project within an entrepreneurship support programme of a Vaud-based Haute Ecole

Objectives:
- Test the idea and validate the sustainability of the project
- Validate the need and impact of the project
- Validate the financial viability of the project

Pre-requisites :
- Impact: ability to demonstrate the positive social, environmental and/or economic impact of the project
- Innovation: ability to demonstrate that the project is innovative and can be replicated
​- Project stemming from a Vaud university (EPFL, UNIL, CHUV, EHL, HEIG-VD, HETSL or H4) and participating in an entrepreneurship support programme
- Location: has the potential to create a legal structure (company, association, NGO) in the canton of Vaud
- Status: before incorporation or registration with the RC

Financing terms:
Funds paid to the Haute Ecole which will transfer the amount of the grant to the project

Impact Award

Grant of CHF 20'000
Develop the project after completing an entrepreneurship support programme at a Vaud-based Haute Ecole

Objectives:
- Acquire the first clients, users or beneficiaries of the project
- Validate the entrepreneur's ability to consolidate a team
- Validate the execution of the project by moving from an MVP to a scalable version

Pre-requisites :
- Impact: ability to demonstrate the positive social, environmental and/or economic impact of the project
- Innovation: ability to demonstrate that the project is innovative and can be replicated
​- Project stemming from a Vaud university (EPFL, UNIL, CHUV, EHL or HEIG-VD) and that completed an entrepreneurship support programme
- Location: legal structure (company, association, NGO) in the canton of Vaud
- Status: up to 18 months after incorporation or registration with the RC

Financi​ng terms:
Funds provided directly to the project

Applications from 11 March to 15 April 2024.
Contact your Haute Ecole directly.