Innovative and impactful projects that have the potential to promote disease prevention

This call is open to innovative and impactful projects that have the potential to promote disease prevention and/or increase the number of healthy life years in a defined population. Projects must outline a pathway to implementation that allows for the assessment of the feasibility and impact of the proposed work. 

Who can apply:

A core research team of up to three PIs, with at least the coordinator being based in Vienna. Other PIs outside Vienna may receive a max of 20 % of the total budget.

Eligible costs are:

  • The funding range is 400,000 to 750,000 Euro per project. Joint Projects involving NÖ may request up to 800,000 Euro.
  • The project duration is from 24 to 48 months.
  • It can cover personal and non-personal costs.
  • But with a maximum of 40 % of non-personal costs

This is a two-stage call, with the deadline for short proposals on May 5, 2026, at 2 pm.

For the invited ones, the full proposals will have to be submitted on October 6, 2026, at 2 pm.

The projects are submitted online, via the WWTF Funding Portal.

Call specifications are available here.

For interested applicants, an online session is organized by the WWTF on March 17, 2026, at 10 am.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84627777408 (Webinar ID: 846 2777 7408).

 

The BOKU Pre-Award Team of the Research Support, Innovation & Technology Transfer assists researchers interested in submitting FWF projects. You can contact us for any question projektsupport(at)boku.ac.at

Do not hesitate to also check regularly our webpage, where we inform researchers about upcoming calls: https://boku.ac.at/fos

16.03.2026