As part of Idiap Research Institute, the Swiss Center for Biometrics Research and Testing is a center established to advance biometric security technologies, mainly by facilitating collaboration between industry and academia. Its core missions are:

The center ensures an environment of mutual benefit between Idiap researchers and affiliates (industry partners). While researchers create research proposals for funding consideration according to the affiliates' needs, the affiliates fund and drive the research carried out by Idiap Research Institute.

This structure helps industry partners to gain unparalleled access to cutting-edge researchers and their expertise, and supports researchers to acquire the opportunity to bid for funding from driven and relevant organizations. Through this multidisciplinary environment, it is expected that organizations will enjoy a golden age of biometric development, leading to rapid improvements in current biometric technology and the realization of novel technologies.