R&D Infrastructure Funding
The R&D Infrastructure Funding Programme supports projects designed to acquire and develop high quality R&D infrastructure for use in both basic and applied research.
Throughout European research, R&D infrastructures play an essential role in generating new knowledge and technologies in all scientific disciplines. They provide an important basis for state-of-the-art research, and can act as hubs for cooperative R&D.
The FFG launched its R&D infrastructure funding initiative in 2016. It is intended to strengthen Austria as a location for excellence in research, both for businesses as well as universities and research establishments, and consequently to improve the international standing of Austrian research.
The funding is targeted at:
- supporting universities and research establishments in profile building and development planning, and establishing new and promising fields of research,
- supporting companies in establishing and extending industrial R&D infrastructures, and
- creating incentives for the coordinated joint acquisition and use of R&D infrastructure by research establishments and businesses.
The essentials in brief
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| Topic |
Bottom-up, Circular Economy, Climate-Neutral City, Cooperation & Research Infrastructure, Digitalisation & Broadband, Energy Transition, Innovative & Competitive Companies, Life Sciences & Health, Mobility Transition, Production & Materials, Quantum: Research & Technology, Society & Security, Space & Aviation, Wood: Research & Knowledge Transfer
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| Project type | |
| Financing | National
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| Submission | Submission with a proposal process
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| Target group | institutions for research and knowledge dissemination (universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university research institutions), other non-commercial institutions, enterprises |
| What is being funded | The R&D Infrastructure Funding Programme supports projects designed to acquire and develop high quality R&D infrastructure for use in both basic and applied research. |
| Min. / max. funding | EUR 500.000 minimum total costs / EUR 2.500.000 maximum funding limit |
| Which costs are eligible for funding? | The acquisition costs of the R&D infrastructure are funded in full. Funding is granted for "start-up" costs (up to 15% of the approved total costs) that are necessary for the start-up of the R&D infrastructure, but not for regular operation (personnel, materials, third-party, travel costs). For more information please see the current FFG Cost Guidelines. |
| Min. / max. running time | 0 - 60 months |
| Availability from | 20.04.2016 - constantly |
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