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Suworov Prize - The Award for Swiss-Russian Innovation

The Swiss Russian Forum (SRF) has created the Suvorov Prize as an award for outstanding innovative projects. Entrepreneurship plays a decisive role in the selection of the Prize-winner as marketability of the innovation is considered essential.

The Suvorov Prize will be bestowed upon Swiss and Russian citizens whose projects have a cross-national aspect according to the statutory SRF aims.

The Suvorov Prize provides the winner with USD 10’000 and a one-year start-up coaching for the innovation project by pwc as well as limited access to venture capital.

The selection criteria are: innovation value, creativity, social relevance and marketability as well as financial viability.

The prize giving ceremony is held every year either in the Russian Federation or in Switzerland.

The Partners and Sponsors

General Sponsor: Gazprombank

Sponsors: Swiss Global Enterprise (SGE), Shvabe Zurich

Partners: Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE), Russland, Russian-Swiss Business Council

Under the auspices of the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation

Online application form

Application documents