FWF | Emerging Fields
The Emerging Fields program is aimed at teams of outstanding researchers doing pioneering work in basic research who are prepared to depart from established approaches. It gives researchers the opportunity to pursue particularly innovative, original, or high-risk ideas. The program focuses on funding research that has the potential to trigger a paradigm shift in its field.
Target group
Consortia of 3–7 internationally outstanding researchers at one or more Austrian research institutions
Funding Goals
The program is particularly open to interdisciplinary teams, researchers involved in arts-based research who apply aesthetic and artistic methods, and transdisciplinary approaches that involve non-academic participants from outside the scientific community.
Funding period and amount
- €3 to 6 million for 60 months
- Continuation of the project depends on an interim review after three years
Prerequisites
- Consortium of 3 to 7 researchers or arts-based researchers with outstanding research performance by FWF standards
- High scientific quality by international standards
- At least one-third of the consortium members must be women
Submissions are possible from Jan 13, 2025 to March 31, 2025.
Further information at: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/portfolio/excellentaustria/emerging-fields