Fast Track Digital

Fast Track Digital addresses companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) which aim to open up new digital markets or revolutionise existing markets by developing novel digital solutions.

Details

Program Owner / Sponsor
Topic	Aeronautics and Space, Bottom-up, Environment and energy, Further research areas, Human Resources, Information technology, Life Sciences, Material and manufacturing, Mobility and Transport, Security and Defense, Service innovation, Society
Funding instrument	Kooperationsprojekt experimentelle Entwicklung / industrielle Forschung
Scope	national
Partner	Required The consortium consists of at least 2 mutually independent companies, one of which must be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Submission	Submission with a proposal process
FFG-Area	Structural Programmes
Selection by	Jury decision
What is being funded	The focus is on cooperative R&D projects promoting the development of trustworthy and sustainable digital services. State-of-the-art innovation approaches and Open Innovation should be used to achieve sustainable digitalisation in line with the needs of the relevant stakeholders.
Min. / max. running time	24 - 24 months
Availability from	08.10.2020 - 18.03.2021

This funding programme supports technology, innovation and research projects working to develop novel digital solutions which are both marketable and competitive. Fast Track Digital is designed to shorten the time from initial idea to market entry, by speeding up the process of helping businesses to exploit new scientific findings, and simultaneously enhancing company expertise and digitalisation skills.

Funding is provided by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW).

Description of the target group:
The programme is aimed at stakeholders in science and business. The consortium consists of at least 2 mutually independent companies, one of which must be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). For more information about company relationships and the SME definition go to https://www.ffg.at/recht-finanzen/rechtliches_service_KMU.