LS25 Precision Medicine / Key Facts

This call is open to research projects that draw upon precision medicine approaches to improve the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease.

Scope of the Call

Projects in this call should advance understanding of a clinically relevant research question by contributing to, or utilising, insights based on high-quality datasets from well-defined patient cohorts. Anticipated research outcomes should have clear implications for improving the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease. Projects should contribute to understanding of disease pathogenesis or treatment-relevant biological processes at a mechanistic level. Research teams must demonstrate interdisciplinarity across clinical, biological, data analysis and/or engineering research fields.

Who can apply?

• Core research team of up to three principal investigators (PIs)
• The coordinating PI (PI&C) must be based at a university or research institute in Vienna
• Co-PIs may be based outside of Vienna (funding limited to 20% of total budget)
• Co-PIs from Lower Austria may apply for up to 49% of the overall budget (Joint Project) 

Project Duration

24-48 months

Funding

• Call budget: € 7.5 million
• Project budget: € 500,000 to € 1 million (Joint Projects up to € 1.1 million) 
• Personnel and non-personnel costs may be claimed
• Maximum 40% non-personnel costs
• Up to 20% overhead costs 

Timeline

• Short Proposal deadline: May 6, 2025, 2pm CET 
• Full Proposal deadline: October 7, 2025, 2pm CET
• Applicant response phase: between February 9-20, 2026(exact dates TBD)
• Expected funding decision: March 2026 

• Project start: latest September 2026 

Process

• Two-stage selection process
• International jury
• International peer review
• Application via WWTF Funding Portal