Art. 45

(Art. 31 ForA)

1. The Confederation may award financial assistance to research and development projects that it has not commissioned itself, on a case-by-case basis and amounting to a maximum of 50 per cent of the project costs.
2. It may award financial assistance to organisations for the promotion and coordination of research and development, on a case-by-case basis and equal to at most the funding provided by third parties, provided it receives an adequate right of co-decision in these organisations.