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FWF | Principal Investigator Projects International

Submissions continuously accepted

The funding program provides principal investigators and their research groups with the resources they need to work together with international project partners to investigate key research questions over a period of several years.

Target group

This funding program is aimed at researchers from all disciplines. Any thematic restrictions are indicated in the funding information for each country-specific collaboration.

Funding goals

The program gives researchers the opportunity work together with project partners in selected partner countries to carry out thematically clearly defined research projects limited to a specific duration, and to devote themselves to investigating individual research questions.

International collaborations

Belgium/Flanders (submission currently not possible), Germany (submission continuously possible), France (submissions until 31.03. 2025), Italy/South Tyrol (submissions continuously possible), Japan (submissions currently not possible), Luxembourg (submissions continuously possible), Poland (submissions continuously possible), Switzerland (submissions continuously possible), Slovenia (submissions continuously possible for FWF; submission deadline for ARIS: 31.01.2025), Taiwan (submissions until 22.01.2025), Czech Republic (submissions continuously possible), Hungary (submissions currently not possible)

Funding period and funding amount

Depending on the participating country, up to 36 or 48 months

Depending on the proposed research, project-specific funds (personnel and non-personnel costs) can be applied for. The FWF’s review process for Principal Investigator Projects (PAT) applies, or, in the case of clinical research projects, the process for the Clinical Research (KLP) program; the processes used by the FWF’s international partner organizations may also apply.

Prerequisites

  • The applicant must have the academic qualifications needed to lead the proposed research project
  • Project to be carried out at an Austrian research institution with the necessary infrastructure
  • Integrated project in cooperation with project partners in selected participating countries
  • For further details, please see the application guidelines or the funding information for each country-specific collaboration

Further information at: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/portfolio/projects/principal-investigator-projects-international