Cooperation Development Research (KoEF) – Funding Programme

The programme "Cooperation Development Research" (KoEF), financed by the BMBWF, is a funding programme to foster research on the two main principles of excellency and cooperation in development research. The aim is to support application-oriented cooperation projects between Austrian higher education institutions/research institutions and institutions in countries of the Global South and therewith to contribute to analysing and solving local challenges and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. KoEF currently finances 24 cooperative research projects with a duration between 1 and 3 years and a budget of up to € 50.000 involving 150 researchers and over 40 institutions. KoEF intends to contribute to creating an environment which fosters international cooperation between researchers and institutions extending beyond individual project durations. Eligible to apply are postdoc researchers at Austrian universities and non-university research institutions within the framework of application-oriented research as well as researchers at universities and non-university research institutions in countries of the Global South according to the DAC-list of the OECD.

Call open until 30 November 2022

Further information

In case of interest in this programme, please contact the head of BOKU-IR well ahead of the deadline:
Dr. Margarita Calderón-Peter: margarita.calderon-peter(at)boku.ac.at, Tel: +43-1-47654-32001