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](https://wiki.wwtf.at/books/archiviert-life-sciences-call-2025-precision-medicine/page/ls25-joint-projects-with-partners-in-lower-austria "ICT25 / Joint Projects with partners in Lower Austria") 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](https://fundingportal.wwtf.at/)