Objectives
The programme line COMET Module aims to establish promising/emergingfields of research and thus new fields of expertise to strengthen Austria’s position as a research location, preparing for future challenges. COMET Modules are characterised by research of especially high-risk. COMET Modules are thematically defined research areas which carry out excellent top-level research to open up new topics being way beyond the state-of-the-art.
Requirements
Applicants: only existing COMET Centres are eligible for application
Consortium: min. one scientific partner and three company partners
Duration: 4 years
Financing:
- 80% public funding
- 5% by scientific partners
- 15% by company partners
- max. federal funding: 0.5 million Euro/year
- max. federal funding: 0.25 million Euro/year
The programme line COMET Module aims at existing COMET Centres as applicants, and their scientific and economic partners.