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The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is Austria's central funding organization for basic research.

The purpose of the FWF is to support the ongoing development of Austrian science and basic research at a high international level. In this way, the FWF makes a significant contribution to cultural development, to the advancement of our knowledge-based society, and thus to the creation of value and wealth in Austria.
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Now available: FWF Annual Report 2010

submitted to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research in accordance with Art. 4 para. 1 of the Austrian Research and Technology Funding Act (FTFG). Vienna, March 2011.

Download the pdf file or order your free copy (office@fwf.ac.at)


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GENTs Makes an Impression: Austrian Building Award Goes to Structural Design Tool
31.01.2012 - For the first time, new types of complex load-bearing structures can now be both designed and calculated using a single computer programme. This has become possible thanks to the new software "GENTs", developed as part of a project sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The software combines evolutionary optimisation methods and computer-based calculation tools for the first time to create an intuitive tool for architects and engineers.
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Can video games teach us how to behave?
Research focuses on the positive effects of computer games
12.12.2011 - For the first time, the positive effects of computer games on thoughts, emotions and behaviour will be the subject of closer scrutiny by social psychologists. A total of three studies will explore how, to which extent and for how long cooperative gaming behaviour influences the personality of gamers positively. The project, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), will complete the current state of research on personality effects from computer games, which has previously been dominated by studies of negative consequences.
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Clinical Research (KLIF) call
28.06.2010 - Researchers who intend to submit an application will have to provide a "letter of interest (LOI)" by September 30, 2010
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