What is Collective Research about?
The target group includes interest groups and non-university research institutions. The research work is carried out by research institutions. The focus is on promoting research projects whose results are made available to the industry.
The Collective Research funding program pursues the following specific objectives:
- Increasing the international competitiveness of an Austrian industry or cluster of Austrian companies
- Strengthening the knowledge base of Austrian companies (primarily SMEs)
- Developing innovative solutions of cross-company relevance (solving common problems)
Collective Research key data
- Funding is open to all topics and technologies
- Submission at any time - 7 decision board meetings per year
- The funding comes with an obligation to publish the research results within the industry.
- Evaluations are conducted by experts of the FFG
- Costs max. 500.000 EUR (eligible projects costs)
- Grant up to max. 65% (depending on size of the organization and consortia)
- (a) The submitter is either a representative body and in any case has a research institution as an additional partner.
- (b) The submitter is a non-university research institute and has at least three companies or an advocacy group in the respective industry as an additional partner.