LS26 Targeted Prevention / Structure of the proposal

The content and structure of the proposal are defined and specified in the Submission Guideline as well as directly in the WWTF Funding Portal. We encourage you to create a proposal in the Funding Portal to see the details of the proposal. By creating a proposal, you do not enter into any obligations toward WWTF. Incomplete and non-submitted proposals will be deleted after the call deadline.

Applicants invited to submit a full proposal will be provided with an additional Submission Guideline specifically for the second phase. An overview of the main parts of the short and full proposal is provided below:

Short Proposal	Full proposal
Scientific abstract (in English only)	Lay summary (in German) and scientific abstract (in English, specifically directed to Reviewers and Call Jury).
Project description (about 4-5 pages, 17,500 characters): outline of the main scientific research idea and approach (in an online form, therefore, figures are not possible)	Project description (about 12 pages): elaboration on the research idea and approach (template is provided). This part should be uploaded as PDF. It may contain figures, charts etc.
Project core team: CVs and roles in project (mandatory template is provided)	Project team and further collaboration partners: CVs for all core team members (mandatory template is provided) and roles in project of all team members
Budget overview in main budget categories	Detailed budget
Brief statement regarding ethical aspects	Ethical approval OR detailed description of ethical aspects, including feasibility and timeline for ethical approval
Signatures: from the authorising persons at the institutions of the core team members	Signatures: from the authorising persons at all participating institutions

Please note that the short proposal will be evaluated only by a jury panel, who will be asked to act as generalists when evaluating proposals. In contrast, the full proposal will additionally be evaluated by reviewers with specific expertise in the topics of the proposal. Thus, an appropriate level of scientific detail should be provided at each stage to allow evaluation of the proposal by the respective audience.