Submission Process

Applications must be submitted via the WWTF Funding Portal. All application information will be processed via this system. Proposal which arrive at WWTF any other way than the WWTF Funding Portal will not be considered.

All core team members, i.e., coordinating PI (PI&C) and co-PIs, may access and edit the proposal. Only the PI&C can submit the proposal.
Applications must be written in English.
Signatures of the authorized signatory at participating institutions (“authorizations”) are required in the application process (only for institutions of core team members in the short proposal phase, also for all partner institutions in the full proposal phase). Please contact your institution’s research service in advance and inform yourself about your institute’s internal processes and timelines.

The structure of the proposal and steps for completing the application in the WWTF Funding Portal is described in more detail in the Submission Guideline.

Limitation of proposals submitted per institution

Because the call is very open in terms of the project content, WWTF wants to avoid that the selection jury is overwhelmed by proposals.

Per institutions, the number of submissions is limited in the following way:

Institution	Max. number of submissions
Very large scientific public universities (> 4500 scientific staff) (University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, TU Wien)	15
Middle-sized scientific public universities (1.000-4.500) (BOKU University, WU Wien) and Austrian Academy of Sciences (inkl. sub-GmbHs)	10
Smaller scientific public universities (< 1.000) (VetMedUni)	5
Austrian Institute of Technology	3
Art universities, universities of applied sciences, private universities	3
All other institutions	2

Optionen für die Einreichung:

Unis melden uns die Einreichberechtigten; wir legen Proposal für diese Personen an
Anträge können frei angelegt werden. Die Einreichung ist aber nur mit Unterschrift der Institution gültig. Unis müssen darüber Buch führen. Im Falle einer Überbuchung entscheidet die Institution, welche Proposals rausgenommen werden.

Please note that proposals can be created freely in the Funding Portal. In order to count as formally valid submission, the authorization by the leadership (e.g., rectorate) is mandatory. Do not submit if you do not receive the authorization. Non-submitted proposals will be deleted automatically soon after the submission. In case that the institutional limit is exceeded, the institutions will be asked to withdraw excess applications.