The FIT looks at all scientific research projects susceptible of launching a new product, to a process or a service responding to a social or economical need and that possesses a potential market.
The goal of this support mechanism is to finance, through the use of the support mechanisms of the FIT, a credible entrepreneurial project that will create an innovative business which will provide employment in Vaud and a high added value (ideally gratifying the results obtained by the IER).
The innovation domains supported by the FIT are clean technology (Cleantech), information and communication technology (ICT), industry and life science.