General Eligibility

The general eligibility of applicants is specified in the WWTF Funding Guideline (in German only):

• Research institutions (universities and public/private non-university research institutions) as legal entities are eligible to apply. As a rule, they must be located in Vienna.
• Their main activity must be the development of scientific knowledge within the framework of a long-term, independent and predominantly non-economic activity, the focus of which is on gaining knowledge. 
• Funding contracts are concluded with the respective institution; for universities UG 2002, § 27 is applied. The respective project must be led by scientists who work at research institutions eligible to apply or who are employed there in the course of the project.
• Predominantly commercially active companies cannot receive funding from the WWTF.
• Civil society organizations can receive funding to a certain extent as partners, provided this is specified in the respective call documents.