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New location in Berlin

With our new location, we can offer our customers an even better service for the German market.

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Environment

mobility turnaround: 2 new calls

The two calls “Zero Emission Mobility” and “Mobility 2023:” offer companies great help for the mobility transition. Here you will find an overview of both calls for proposals.

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New location in Berlin

With our new location, we can offer our customers an even better service for the German market.

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Environment

mobility turnaround: 2 new calls

The two calls “Zero Emission Mobility” and “Mobility 2023:” offer companies great help for the mobility transition. Here you will find an overview of both calls for proposals.

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Research & Development

National and EU funding for your research and development project

You are planning the development of an innovative product or service, in a national or international environment. Then we will be happy to inform you about possible funding for research and development.

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The most important grants

Vienna Business Agency – Innovation

The Innovation funding program of WAW supports small and medium-sized enterprises based in Vienna in the implementation of innovative projects with funding of max. 45% of the project costs up to a maximum funding amount of € 200,000. The minimum project size is € 30,000 and the maximum project duration is 2 years. Funding is available for personnel costs, purchased services and project-related investments.

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FFG – Basic Program

The focus of the funding is experimental development. It covers development activities in Austria that transform a proof of concept under laboratory conditions (TRL 5) into a functional prototype (TRL 8). The funding amounts to 50% – 70% of the project costs (max. € 3 million) as a mix of grant and loan. Key evaluation criteria are innovative content, technical challenge, sustainability and market potential.

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FFG – Small project

The “Kleinprojekt” focuses on smaller projects in experimental development conducted by small and medium-sized enterprises. It covers activities that transform a proof of concept under laboratory conditions (TRL 5) into a functional prototype (TRL 8). Funding is provided for project costs of max. €150,000 with a grant of max. 60% (70% in the case of a cooperative project). Key evaluation criteria are innovation, technical challenge, sustainability and market potential.

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SFG – Ideas!Empire

SFG’s Ideen!Reich program aims at small and medium-sized Styrian companies that want to implement innovative projects. The object of development can be prototypes, demo systems, beta versions as well as market-ready products or services and the associated business models. The funding rate in the module “XS” is max. 70% of the eligible project costs of max. € 20,000 and in the module “XL” max. 50% of the eligible project costs of max. € 150,000.

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EIC Accelerator

The EIC Accelerator is aimed at small and medium-sized companies that develop disruptive, high-risk innovations with great market potential. It is primarily aimed at companies that have high growth potential and operate on a European or international scale.

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EIC Pathfinder

With the EIC Pathfinder, high risks due to research work can be avoided. This funding is divided into the Open and the Challenges program.

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EIC Transition

Grant of up to €2.5 million in non-repayable and non-dilutive funds.

Individual applicants (SMEs, spin-offs, start-ups, research institutions, universities) or small consortia (two to 5 partners) can participate in this program.

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EUREKA Eurostars

With its bottom-up approach, the Eurostars program funds the next stages of development of small transnational consortia and enables innovative SMEs to bring new developments to market.

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Thematic priorities

Thematic priorities is the most comprehensive of the innovation support programs. One can distinguish between two types of projects: the innovation measures and the research and innovation measures. They fall under Pillar II and are divided into 6 thematic clusters.

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