Eligible Costs

I. Personnel costs

Please refer to WWTF's regulation on personnel costs as guide in the submission process.

Personnel categories

Applications for personnel costs must be in one of the following categories:

Regulations for permanently employed senior staff: Personnel costs cannot be claimed for permanent senior staff who are already fully financed by the institution. Exceptions apply in cases where senior staff must acquire third party funding for co-financing their own position (e.g., non-university research institutions and Universities of Applied Sciences). In these cases, permanently employed senior staff may claim up to 20% of their annual salary from WWTF.

Forms of employment and salaries
Inflation adjustment for planning purposes

The budget calculation for salaries in the Funding Portal automatically includes an increase of 3.5% p.a. for the duration of the project for planning purposes.

Non-personnel costs

Please refer to WWTF's regulation on non-personnel costs as guide in the application process!

Categories for eligible non-personelle costs are: 

Non-personnel costs should not exceed 30% of the overall budget.


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Created 8 May 2025 14:34:16 by Michael Strassnig
Updated 24 June 2025 12:51:27 by Petra Steinkogler