Content and Structure of the Proposal
The applications has to be provided via https://fundingportal.wwtf.at. A user account (and registration) is required.
If your proposal is authorized by your institution, WWTF will create a proposal for you (linked to your email address). You will then find the proposal upon login.
Proposals must be written in English.
Structure of the proposal
The online form consists of 5 chapters:
- Basic information
- Personnel and Institutions
- Project
- Budget
- Signatures
Basic information
This chapter contains basic information about the proposal, including title, scientific disciplines involved, keywords, duration, and type of project (i.e., regular WWTF Project or Joint Project). Fill out fields as required.
Please note:
- Scientific Disciplines: Fields will be suggested as you type. WWTF uses the ÖFOS classification system of Statistik Austria. As this is not a scientific research call, you may not find the relevant classifications in ÖFOS. Take those most similar to your proposed project. WWTF will use this data only for statistical purposes. It is not relevant in the evaluation of your proposal.
Personnel and Institutions
This chapter contains information about the main parties in the project. Ideally, information about the PI&C and co-PIs have already been entered (see Section 5). However, this information can be changed at any time.
- Co-PIs can be added to the project. Please note the maximum of three PIs in the core team.
- Additional partner institutions beyond those of the core team members can be added under “Further Partner Institutions”. (The institutions of the PI&C and co-PIs are automatically added by the system.) Entering an additional institution provides the option of allocating budget to this institution in the “Budget” chapter. This may be important in case of collaboration with researchers at institutes other than those of the core team members
- A maximum of five different institutions may be involved in the proposal. This includes the institutions of the PI&C and co-PI(s).
Project
This chapter contains the work programme. Fill out the following fields (please note that the character limit includes spaces):
Lay summary: Please provide a description of your proposed research that is suitable for the general public. This will primarily be used by WWTF for communicating your work to non-experts for fundraising and public relations purposes. (1,000 characters)
Abstract: Please provide a concise description of the project. (2,000 characters)
Work programme: Please use the template provided for download in the WWTF Funding Portal. The headings in bold are mandatory (details and guiding questions can be found in the template).
Upload the completed document as PDF (max. 8 pages including figures)
Main Part
1. Background & status quo
Describe and issues to be addressed with the proposed project