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General Eligibility

The general eligibility of applicants is specified in the WWTF Funding Guideline (in German only):

  • Research institutions (universities and public/private non-university research institutions) as legal entities are eligible to apply. As a rule, they aremust be located in Vienna.
  • Their main activity must be the development of scientific knowledge within the framework of a long-term, independent and predominantly non-economic activity, the focus of which is on gaining knowledge. 
  • Funding contracts are concluded with the respective institution; for universities UG 2002, ยง 27 is applied. The respective project must be led by scientists who work at research institutions eligible to apply or who are employed there in the course of the project.
  • Predominantly commercially active companies cannot receive funding from the WWTF.
  • Civil society organizations can receive funding to a certain extent as partners, provided this is specified in the respective call documents.
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