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The proposal is comprised of five chapters (each under a tab): Basic Information Personnel and Institutions Project Budget Signatures A chapter with a red alert symbol indicates that it is incomplete. Within the marked chapter, click on the red symbo...

Basic Information This chapter contains basic information about the proposal, including title, scientific disciplines involved, keywords, duration, and type of project (i.e., regular WWTF Project or Joint Project). Fill out fields as required. Please note: ...

Submission of the proposal requires the signatures of the authorized person(s) at the host institutions of each of the PI&C and co-PIs (“Authorization”). Please consult your institutional research services regarding the person mandated to sign the proposal...

Once all symbols in all chapters are marked by green checkmarks, the proposal can be submitted. The “Submit” button is at the bottom of the “Signatures” chapter. The PI&C will receive an automatic confirmation email when the Funding Portal receives the complet...

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 resear...

This “Precision Medicine” call is issued within the WWTF Life Sciences Programme. This call is open to research projects that draw upon precision medicine approaches to improve prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease. Please consider the followi...

Applications must be submitted via the WWTF Funding Portal. All application information will be processed via this system. All core team members, i.e., coordinating PI (PI&C) and co-PIs, may access and edit the proposal. Only the PI&C can submit the proposa...

The general eligibility of applicants is specified in the WWTF Funding Guideline (in German only). A project’s core team may include up to three Principal Investigators (PIs). This includes a PI&C and up to two co-PIs.  Core team members may share equal ma...

WWTF welcomes Joint Project (JP) applications between Viennese and Lower Austrian universities and research institutions in this call. The aims of this initiative are to promote research cooperation between Lower Austria and Vienna on equal terms and to stre...

The content and structure of the proposal are defined and specified in the Submission Guideline, which will be made available in March 2025. From March, applicants can also register and create a proposal in the WWTF Funding Portal to find out more details. App...

The following criteria are used in the evaluation. Scope: Is the project within the scope of the call? Projects that do not meet the key requirements regarding scope will be rejected by the jury, regardless of scientific quality.  The key criteria in t...

All costs that are directly attributable to the project and are regarded as commonly required in the respective scientific fields are eligible for funding. Please also consider your organization’s internal guidelines for eligible expenses/costs. Personnel co...

WWTF’s Gender Strategy and Gender Equality Plan must be considered throughout the application. Please note that WWTF requests jury members and reviewers to take into account both gender and specific roles in research team composition, as well as gender in rese...

Good scientific practice Compliance with the rules for good scientific practice, including the observance of ethical aspects in research, is mandatory. This pertains to the application process and, in case of funding, the research work. WWTF is member of ...

WWTF requires compliance with its Open Science Policy. This document outlines the rights, roles and responsibilities of WWTF, researchers, and research organizations.

WWTF recognizes that the use of genAI tools is pervasive and can facilitate proposal writing, for example in relation to improving written language. However, substantial use of genAI must be declared as such for the sake of transparency.  “Substantial use” is...

Applications must be submitted via the online Funding Portal in the specified timeframes. Submissions after the deadline will not be considered. The core element of WWTF’s decision-making processes is an international jury mandated to make a funding recommen...

In case of funding, WWTF office will contact the PI&C to draw up the funding contract.  WWTF encourages projects to start as soon as possible after the formal funding decision by the WWTF Board of Directors. To facilitate a timely project start, WWTF will...