# Consortia Building

<p class="callout info">Build interdisciplinary consortia that combine complementary expertise to create competitive, collaborative research teams.</p>

Vienna's ME/CFS research community is smaller than other medical research communities, but this creates unique opportunities for collaboration and form synergies between groups to form a critical mass.

<p class="callout success">The previous WWTF *ME/CFS 2024 - Understanding ME/CFS call* successfully funded seven projects by combining established researchers with newcomers to the field - demonstrating first synergies across different fields. WWTF welcomes cosortia who build upon these synergies, if possible.</p>

**For this call, we strongly encourage:**

- **Interdisciplinary consortia** that leverage complementary expertise across different research areas
- **International collaboration** by including researchers and groups from other countries who bring essential skills or resources
- **Community building** by welcoming new researchers and research groups who want to contribute to ME/CFS research, but may have not been involved in this field yet