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Call Facts

This is a invity-only call for small exploratory research projects that address fundamental research questions to advance understanding of post-acute infectious diseases such as ME/CFS. The aim of this call is to generatefund preliminarycollaborative data.consortia working with promising prelminary data generated in the first round of funding.

Scope of the Call            
This call is open to collaborative research teamsconsortia that aim to advance our understanding of etiopathogenesis, diagnostics and/or therapy of post-acute infectious diseases, namely ME/CFS. Projects addressing novel research avenues and questions are strongly encouraged. This call seeks to support projects that generatebuild on already promising preliminary data.data generated in the first round of funding. Projects should bring together experimental and clinical approaches in a meaningful way. Interdisciplinary collaborations across biomedical, computer and clinical sciences are highly welcome.welcome and should be accompanied by substantial partnership between the research teams, patient representatives and relevant stakeholders. ME/CFS is part of a complex disease cluster called post-acute infectious diseases. Projects investigating other post-acute infectious diseases that show post-exertional malaise are also eligible for funding.

Who can apply?
  • Principal Investigators (PI) who already received funding in the WWTF ME/CFS Call 2024 - Understanding ME/CFS
Core research team up to three researchers Principal Investigators (PI) from all disciplines The coordinating PI must be based at a university or non-university research institution in Vienna Co-PIs may be based outside of Vienna (funding limited to 30% of the overall budget) Co-PIs from Lower Austria may apply for up to 49% of the overall funding (Joint Projects)budget
Project Duration
1224 – 1548 months
Funding             
  • Call volume: € 600,2.000,000
  • Project budget: up€ to500,000 - € 100,1.000,000 
  • Personnel and non-personnel costs can be claimed
  • Max. 40% non-personnel costs
  • NoUp to 20% overhead costs
Timeline            
  • Proposal deadline: June 18th, 2024, 2pm CET 
  • Expected funding decision: October, 2024
  • Project start: latest January, 2025
Process
Selection by international Jury
Application via WWTF Funding Portal
Selected projects may receive the opportunity to apply for additional funding at a later stage

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