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The alpha+ Foundation’s Rückenwind funding bonus, financed on a nonprofit basis, gives private individuals and organizations the opportunity to support cutting-edge research. Thanks to the support of new partners, seven young researchers in the Erwin Schrödinger program will receive a Rückenwind funding bonus this year.
Learn more: alpha+ Foundation Rückenwind Bonus for Internationally Active Researchers
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Since 2019, the FWF has been gradually switching the administration of its funding programs to the new PROFI mode. Starting in 2024, the FWF will be providing a new instrument to support open-access publishing: the FWF open-access block grant.
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In its first decision round of the year, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) awarded approximately €129.5 million in funding for 163 new research projects. A current list of the approved projects is now available online.
Learn more: FWF Grants €129.5 Million for Outstanding Projects
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Cutting-edge research is an expedition into the future. Through excellent=austria, Austria plans in the coming years to send promising research teams on a journey to gain innovative insights into all fields of knowledge.
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With the initiative excellent=austria, Austria is opening a new chapter in basic research: Starting in summer 2023, five Clusters of Excellence will be kicking off cooperative projects on an unprecedented scale at 11 different locations. The FWF and the participating research institutions are providing a total investment volume of €135 million to finance cutting-edge research on future-oriented topics for the first five years of the planned ten-year duration. Science Minister Martin Polaschek and FWF President Christof Gattringer announced the long-awaited funding decisions in Vienna.
Learn more: A New Dimension in Research Funding: Austria's First Clusters of Excellence Awarded
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The updated Application Guidelines for Principal Investigator Projects (previously Stand-Alone Projects) reflecting the previously announced switch to PROFI funding mode, valid starting March 20, 2023, will be available online on Monday. The change affects only new submissions, applications already submitted and ongoing projects are not affected.
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Learn more: Commissioning of the Accompanying Evaluation of the "Emerging Fields" Program (EF)
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How can supermarket shopping become more climate-friendly? Agriculture and industry aren’t the only players if we want more sustainable food systems, we also need science. Starting in February, the FWF will be funding researchers who work together with citizens to discover new ideas and approaches in the field of Sustainable Food Systems. This funding is part of a joint initiative with austria wirtschaftsservice (aws) and is financed by the Fonds Zukunft Österreich.
Learn more: Generating Knowledge for More Sustainable Food Systems
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Applications from a wide diversity of scientific disciplines indicate a high level of interest in the second track of the excellence initiative. The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) finances interdisciplinary Emerging Fields teams with three to six million euros each for a period of five years. A funding decision is planned for March 2024.
Learn more: excellent=austria: 45 Consortia Competing for Emerging Fields Funding
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Since 2019, the FWF has been gradually switching the administration of its funding programs to the new PROFI mode. This change is intended to make the funding process easier for researchers and their institutions while ensuring autonomy in the application process. In March 2023, the FWF will now also be switching its largest program, Stand-Alone Project funding, to PROFI.
Learn more: Starting March 2023: FWF Switches Administration of Stand-Alone Projects to PROFI
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Since 2020, the alpha+ Foundation and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) have been supporting internationally active researchers with the privately financed Rückenwind funding bonus. Thanks to the support of new private donors, the Rückenwind Initiative is now open to all scientific disciplines.
Learn more: The alpha+ Foundation’s Rückenwind Funding Bonus: Fourth Call
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The FWF has been a strong advocate for open access to scientific knowledge for many years. To further increase its support in this area, starting in 2023, the FWF will be the first research funding agency to support the Austrian-developed online platform Open Knowledge Maps, the world's largest visual search engine for research outputs.
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We wish you good health, an optimistic outlook, and all the best for the new year!
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In the last FWF Board meeting of 2022, the FWF put 119 projects on track for about €72.6 million, selected from an application volume of about €370 million. Projects were approved in Special Research Areas, Research Groups, ESPRIT, doc.funds and doc.funds.connect, and the Science Communication program, among other programs.
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More basic knowledge on the influence of climate change on genetic adaptation and on the historical analysis of political power structures - the FWF is strengthening cutting-edge research in Austria with two new Special Research Areas based on international standards. The new networks, coordinated by researchers from the Academy of Sciences and the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, will each receive funding of around €4 million over a period of four years.