This thematic programme concentrates on projects and endowed chairs in the research fields of biology, biotechnology, medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, bioenginering and related fields.
One focus is on elucidating molecular mechanisms and methods and/or the development of associated methods; another is on aspects of clinical research. The Fund also emphasises work to improve links between life sciences and other natural sciences, and in particular modelling issues.
Funded research should result, in the medium range, in an improvement of human health and welfare or the protection of our environment.
Advance Notice: WWTF „Linking Research and Patients’ Needs“ Call 2011 will start in autumn 2010
In autumn 2010 WWTF will start his second call for proposals in its life sciences programme focussing on “Linking Research and Patients’ Needs”. Projects on the interface between basic and clinical research and building on a clear hypothesis can be submitted in response to this call. Moreover projects should include a clear statement on medium term social and/or economic benefits. The central criterion for assessment will lie in the scientific quality of the submitted proposal, in case of equal quality proposals submitted by young researchers or women as Principal Investigator will be favoured.
The call will start in October 2010, deadline for submission of proposals will be at the end of January 2011. In total 5 mio. € for research projects lasting two to four years are dedicated to this call. More information will be available in autumn 2010.
For more information, please contact Daniela Frischer (daniela.frischer@wwtf.at, Tel: 01/ 402 3143-15)
Earlier Calls
Life Sciences Call 2009
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
Life Sciences Call 2009
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
For this year’s Life Sciences Call a total sum of 5.5 mio. € was dedicated. Within the framework of the defined deadline for submission a total number of 75 proposals has been submitted. This corresponds to a requested funding volume of about 48 mio. €.
From 6-7 July 2009 the Life Sciences Jury meeting took place gathering 11 international jurors chaired by Kay Huebner (Ohio State University). During the meeting, the jury extensively discussed the submitted proposals on the basis of at 2-6 exclusively international reviews per proposal and formulated the jury recommendation. On 15 July the WWTF Board of Directors fully confirmed the jury’s funding recommendation.
The jury recommends a total number of 11 projects requesting a funding volume of 5.5 mio. €:
• Molecular mechanisms of memory formation: targets of Drosophila Orb2
Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP)
Krystyna Keleman
funding volume: 530.000 €; duration: 3 years
• Searching for Cancer Achilles‘ Heels
Sebastian MB Nijman
Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM)
funding volume: 550.000 €; duration: 3 years
• Molecular function of CTCF and cohesins in regulating nuclear organization and gene activity
Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP)
Jan-Michael Peters
funding volume: 575,000 €; duration: 3 years
• Epigenetic Regulation of T Cell Development and Function
Medical University of Vienna
Wilfried Ellmeier
funding volume: 552,000 €; duration: 3 years
• tRNA methylation, 5‘ end processing, and Alzheimers‘ disease: molecular mechanisms of a multifunctional mitochondrial enzyme
Medical University of Vienna
Walter Rossmanith
funding volume: 400,000 €; duration: 4 years
• BIOGEN – From genes to biocontrol
Vienna university of Technology
Susanne Zeilinger
funding volume: 410,000 €; duration: 4 years
• Multiphasic comparative analysis of key nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment plants
University of Vienna
Holger Daims
funding volume: 630,000 €; duration: 3.5 years
• TOXI-GENOME: Understanding and exploiting epigenetic chromatin regulation mechanisms to mine fungal genomes for novel secondary metabolites
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) und University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Joseph Strauss
funding volume: 390,000 €; duration: 4 years
• The dynamics of the miRNA effector complex
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (University of Vienna and Medizinical University of Vienna)
Silke Dorner
funding volume: 343,200 €; duration: 3 years
• Towards sustainable food and bioenergy security for society: Establishing an academic compound screening platform in Vienna to characterize and modulate Strigo-lactone synthesis in plants
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (University of Vienna and Medizinical University of Vienna)
Tobias Sieberer
funding volume: 640,000 €; duration: 3 years
• Analysis of the consequences of autommunity to anti-lysosomal Membran Protein-2 (hLAMP-2) in focal necrotizing Glomerlulonephritis (FNGN): towards novel therapeutic and monitoring strategies
Medical University of Vienna
Renate Kain
funding volume: 480,000 €; duration: 4 years
Life Sciences Chairs 2008
Quantitative Methods in Life Sciences – from Observations to Paradigm
Life Sciences Chairs 2008
Quantitative Methods in Life Sciences – from Observations to Paradigm
Life Sciences Call 2007
Linking Research and Patients’ Needs
Life Sciences Call 2007
Linking Research and Patients’ Needs
The “Life Sciences 2007 – Linking Research and Patients' Needs“ Call provided funding to six projects, with a total amount of about € 4.3 million.
Life Sciences Call 2005
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
Life Sciences Call 2005
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
This Call provided funding for eight projects, with a total amount of € 5 million.
Life Sciences Chairs 2004
Research Group Manager/Bioinformatics
Life Sciences Chairs 2004
Research Group Manager/Bioinformatics
The WWTF Board decided in its meeting of 16 December 2004 to give a massive boost to the life sciences in Vienna by adding two bioinformatics research groups, for which it provided altogether € 3 million in funding.
Life Sciences Call 2003
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
Life Sciences Call 2003
Molecular Mechanisms and Methods
The first Call of this thematic programme funded ten projects with altogether € 5.67 million.
