# About

<span lang="EN-US">This document specifies the process, criteria, and instrument of this call. It is aimed at applicants wishing to submit a proposal in the </span>ME/CFS Call 2026 - Consolidator Call. <span lang="EN-US">For further information regarding the funding and submission guidelines, as well as references to WWTF policies, please consider the following documents:</span>

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" id="bkmrk-submission-guideline" style="height: 239.801px;" width="613"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td style="height: 29.7017px;" valign="top" width="240">**<span lang="EN-US">Submission Guideline</span>**</td><td style="height: 29.7017px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">Guide to creating, editing and submitting a proposal</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="240">[**<span lang="EN-US">WWTF Funding Guideline</span>**](https://www.wwtf.at/upload/WWTF_Richtlinie_081121.pdf.pdf)</td><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">General Guideline for WWTF funding activities</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 57.6989px;"><td style="height: 57.6989px;" valign="top" width="240">[**<span lang="EN-US">Guideline for Good Scientific  
Practice</span>**](https://www.wwtf.at/upload/broschure_gwp-richtlinien_web_2017.pdf)</td><td style="height: 57.6989px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">Guidelines by the Austrian Agency for Research  
Integrity</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="240">[**<span lang="EN-US">Open Science Policy</span>**](https://www.wwtf.at/upload/wwtf_open-science-policy_09032022.pdf)</td><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">Open Science Policy of WWTF</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="240">[**<span lang="DE">Gender Equality Strategy &amp; Plan</span>**](https://www.wwtf.at/upload/wwtf-gender-equality-strategy-and-plan_final.pdf)</td><td style="height: 35.2983px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">Gender Equality Strategy &amp; Plan of WWTF</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5057px;"><td style="height: 46.5057px;" valign="top" width="240">**[Accounting Guideline](https://wiki.wwtf.at/books/anerkennung-von-kosten-bei-wwtf-forderungen "Anerkennung von Kosten bei WWTF Förderungen")**</td><td style="height: 46.5057px;" valign="top" width="373"><span lang="EN-US">Specifies accounting for funded projects (german language only)</span></td></tr></tbody></table>