LS25 Precision Medicine / Key Facts
This call is open to research projects that draw upon precision medicine approaches to improve the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease.
Scope of the Call
Projects in this call should advance understanding of a clinically relevant research question by contributing to, or utilising, insights based on high-quality datasets from well-defined patient cohorts. Anticipated research outcomes should have clear implications for improving the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease. Projects should contribute to understanding of disease pathogenesis or treatment-relevant biological processes at a mechanistic level. Research teams must demonstrate interdisciplinarity across clinical, biological, data analysis and/or engineering research fields.
Who can apply?
- Core research team of up to three principal investigators (PIs)
- The coordinating PI (PI&C) must be based at a university or research institute in Vienna
- Co-PIs may be based outside of Vienna (funding limited to 20% of total budget)
- Co-PIs from Lower Austria may apply for up to 49% of the overall budget (Joint Project)
Project Duration
24-48 months
Funding
- Call budget: € 7.5 million
- Project budget: € 500,000 to € 1 million (Joint Projects up to € 1.1 million)
- Personnel and non-personnel costs may be claimed
- Maximum 40% non-personnel costs
- Up to 20% overhead costs
Timeline
- Short Proposal deadline: May 6, 2025, 2pm
CETCET - Full Proposal deadline: October 7, 2025, 2pm CET
- Applicant response
phase:phase: between February 9-20, 2026(exact dates TBD) - Expected funding decision: March
20262026 -
Project start: latest September
20262026
Process
- Two-stage selection process
- International jury
- International peer review
- Application via WWTF Funding Portal