Open Calls

The Information and Communication Technology 2025 Call opened for submissions on 18th October 2024. This call is open to researchers in Vienna is open to researchers at universities and research institutes in Vienna and Lower Austria, who seek to conduct a cutting-edge research projects (2 to 4 years) to address a fundamental research question in the ICT fields.

A total of € 8 million has been dedicated to this call. The funding range per project is € 500,000 – € 800,000. Additional funding opportunities are available for collaborative projects between scientists in Vienna and Lower Austria. In this case, the funding budget per project for Joint projects is € 880,000.

This is a two-stage call:

• Deadline for short proposals: 11th February 2025 -  2pm 
• Deadline for full proposals (upon invitation): 6th May 2025
• Applicant response phase (for full proposal applicants only): 11th – 25th August 2025 (exact dates tbd)
• The funding decision is expected in September 2025

Info Session will be held on the 13th November 2024 10am via Zoom (No registration needed): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83242236349?pwd=Xt5SpzdUgUnfBtobh5DUyTCaaCsFok.1

All necessary documents for the submission can be found via our WWTF Wiki. (please be aware that we are currently piloting this mode in this call. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please let us know)

Please do not hesitate to contact the call managers for more details:

Benjamin Missbach | benjamin.missbach@wwtf.at | Tel.: +43 1 402 31 43 15
Michael Strassnig| michael.strassnig@wwtf.at | Tel.: +43 1 402 31 43 19

• Call Info
• ICT25 InfoSession Slides

The Life Sciences 2024 Call “Synthetic Biology” opened for submissions on 30^th January 2024, the submission deadline was 9^th April 2024. This call was open to researchers in Vienna who seek to conduct a cutting-edge research project (2 – 4 years) that draws upon the design and construction approaches of synthetic biology to further understanding of a fundamental question in the life sciences.

A total of € 6.5 million has been dedicated to this call. The funding range per project is € 400,000 – € 900,00. Additional funding opportunities are available for collaborative projects between scientists in Vienna and Lower Austria. Details can be found at Joint Projects - WWTF. 

This is a two-stage call:

• Deadline for short proposals: 9^th April 2024, 2pm
• Deadline for full proposals (upon invitation): 20^th August 2024, 2pm
• Applicant response phase (for full proposal applicants only): 14^th – 26^th November 2024 (exact dates provided in early November)
• The funding decision is expected in mid-December 2024

Further information can be found in the “Call Specifications” and “Submission Guideline” document below. Please do not hesitate to contact the call manager Grace Liu for more details.

• LS24 Call Specifications
• LS24 Submission Guidelines - Full Proposal