Funding contract

In case of funding, WWTF office will contact the applicants to draw up the funding contract. 

• Projects may start immediately and should start no later than 3 months after the formal funding decision by the WWTF Board of Directors (March 2026).
• The formal funding contract will be signed between WWTF and the Viennese host or home institution of the applicants.
  
• For universities, this is a project according to §27 of the Universities Act 2002. The institution then authorizes the respective fellow to sign for the full scientific and financial responsibility of the project.
• For grantees at an institution based in Lower Austria or incoming to an institution to Lower Austria, the funding contract will be signed between the Lower Austrian institution and the State of Lower Austria, grant administration will be handled by the State of Lower Austria (not WWTF)