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Learn more about our flexible offers for researchers to mitigate the effects of the corona crisis. You can find all the information on this in the continuously updated COVID-19 FAQ.

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Covid-19 feature on scilog

When will there be a vaccine? What emotional stress does "social distancing" create? How does the crisis affect our environment? Basic research is currently more in demand than ever. Find out how scientist in Austria are working on the COVID-19 pandemic from very different perspectives.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Basic Research Proves its Effectiveness and Relevance

Understanding the virus, developing drugs and vaccines, and researching the economic, social, and legal consequences: desperately needed answers require well-funded basic research

Urgent Funding for Research into Humanitarian Crises

The FWF is calling on researchers to submit project proposals for research into humanitarian crises such as epidemics and pandemics within its existing programmes but as part of a new fast track procedure. The goal is to initiate, as quickly as possible, additional high-quality scientific and scholarly projects at research institutions throughout Austria and thus expand capacities and structures.

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Does Stress Make us More Helpful?

With the advent of the Corona pandemic, social distancing has become the order of the day. At the same time, the lockdown is very stressful for many people. A team of researchers from Vienna and Zurich is investigating how stress relates to social behaviour and how the latter develops. This is the first project to establish a link between behavioural economics and social affective neuroscience.

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FWF-Facts

Research disciplines

In 2018

percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Natural and Technical Sciences category

Research disciplines

In 2018

percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Humanities and Social Sciences category

Research disciplines

In 2018

percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Biology and Medicine category

Research grants

In 2018 projects with a total volume of

230.8

million Euro were approved

Research grants

In 2018

684

projects were approved

Payroll

In 2018

4,155

people worked in projects funded by the FWF (as of Dec. 31, 2018)

Reviews

In 2018 the FWF received

4,726

reviews from international peers

Review countries

In 2018 the FWF received reviews from

different nations

News

EUR 2.7 Million for Quantum Research and Technology

2020-04-02

Second joint call of FWF and FFG provides for funding of five projects in the field of quantum research

Coronavirus Pandemic: Basic Research Proves its Effectiveness and Relevance – the FWF Supports the Researchers

2020-03-26

Understanding the virus, developing drugs and vaccines, and researching the economic, social, and legal consequences: desperately needed answers require well-funded basic research

Urgent Funding for Research into Humanitarian Crises Like Epidemics and Pandemics

2020-03-26

The key to fighting a global crisis like a pandemic is gathering as much knowledge as possible in the shortest amount of time: knowledge about the virus itself, about effective therapies, as well as their social, economic, and legal impacts. The far-reaching effects of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak are currently turning the lives of billions of people upside down. The knowledge and methodological expertise of basic researchers are indispensable in the struggle against such crises and for coping with their consequences. New research projects in Austria are intended to enhance the existing potential, contribute to the rapid gain in knowledge, and thus prepare for future challenging situations.