Welcome to WWTF

The Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) is a non-profit organisation established to promote science and research in Vienna. The Fund’s funding tools and methods are designed to strengthen top research in Vienna. Some of its calls are explicitly directed at promoting promising young scientists.
The WWTF obtains its funds from the “Privatstiftung zur Verwaltung von Anteilsrechten”, a private foundation in the financial sector which was set up in order to manage equity interests.

WWTF NewsAbout WWTF

Slideshow of ICT12 celebration on 26. Nov 2012 at City Hall Vienna

Slideshow of 10 years WWTF anniversary party on 17. Oct 2012 at City Hall Vienna

WWTF sponsored session at Euroscience Open Forum 2012 in Dublin

Cognitive Sciences is a permanent programm of the WWTF portfolio.

New staff: Cornelia Schrauf, Michael Strassnig, Alexander Wöhrer and Donia Lasinger recently joined WWTF as Programme-Managers. [More details]

Funding Programmes & CallsFunding Programmes & Calls

The Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators Call 2013 - Cognitive Sciences is now open till 25 July 2013.

The new LS call 2013 “New Ventures Beyond Established Frontiers” is now in the full proposal phase to which 31 proposals have been invited.

The SSH call 2013 “Public Spaces in Transition” is now under review. 52 project proposals and 14 applications for summer schools have been submitted. The funding decision is expected for June 2013.

Funded ProjectsFunded Projects

Research work of Ludwig Huber (CS11) und Claus Lamm (CS11) discussed in kreuz&quer "Wie Gewalt entsteht"

Alipasha Vaziri (VRG10) organises Quantum Effects in Biological Systems Workshop June 29 – July 3, 2013 in Vienna

Stefan Woltran (ICT 08) and Clemens Heitzinger (MA09) receive START Award

Ulrich Ansorge (CS11) organises internationale Conference in the context of his project

Jürgen Kleine-Vehn (VRG 2010) publishes in Current Biology

News article about the recently funded research groups (VRG12) of Stefan Hetzl (TU Wien) and Martin Ehler (Uni Wien) Standard,Forschung Spezial, TU Wien, Juraforum, ORF Science