COMET Compentence Centers for Excellent Technologies – COMET Centres (K2)
The Austrian competence centre programme – COMET Centres (K2)
COMET Centres (K2) aim to focus existing competences and develop new competences by collaborating with international researchers of renown, scientific partners and companies in a joint strategically oriented research programme at the highest level.
Specifications COMET Centres (K2)
Consortium: At least one scientific partner and five company partners
Duration: 8 years (as of 3rd Call; previously: 10 years)
Financing:
- 40% to max. 55% public funding
- Min. 5% by scientific partners
- Min. 40% by company partners
- Max. federal funding: 4 million Euro/year (since the 3rd Call), before: 5 million Euro/year
- Max. provincial funding: 2 million Euro/year (since the 3rd Call), before: 2.5 million Euro/year
The essentials in brief
| Program Owner / Sponsor |
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| Topic |
Bottom-up, Circular Economy, Climate-Neutral City, Cooperation & Research Infrastructure, Digitalisation & Broadband, Energy Transition, Life Sciences & Health, Mobility Transition, Production & Materials, Quantum: Research & Technology, Society & Security, Space & Aviation, Wood: Research & Knowledge Transfer
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| Project type | |
| Financing | national
international
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| Submission | Submission with a proposal process
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| Target group | The COMET programme addresses both existing competence centres and COMET projects as well as new consortia of science and industry. |
| Selection by | Jury |
| What is being funded | A maximum of 55% of the eligible costs can be funded. |
| Min. / max. funding | 0 / max. 4 million €/year federal funding (as of 3rd Call; previously 5 million €/year) plus max. 2 million €/year provincial funding (as of 3rd Call; previously: 2.5 million Euro/year) |
| Which costs are eligible for funding? | Fundable costs include personnel costs as well as other project-related direct costs (use of RDI infrastructure, third-party costs, travel expenses, material and equipment costs). Details concerning the fundable costs can be found in the programme document and the COMET guideline. |
| Min. / max. running time | 48 - 96 months |
| Availability from | 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2028 |
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