Instrument/Program level:
National
Program level area:
AUSTRIA
Name of the instrument/Program:
General Programme (FFG)
Instrument/Program website:
Instrument/Program eligible areas:
AUSTRIA
Objectives:
To strengthen the competiveness of companies based in Austria by funding the development of new products, processes and services.
Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors:
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3:
Aerospace, Aeronautics and Space
Efficient production technologies, automation & intelligent materials
Environmental Governance & Information
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Logistic
Secure technologies
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies:
Facilitate the uptake of the results streaming from research projects
Funding for prototipes development
Piloting or proof-of-concept
Decision support tools for innovation
Implementation of services for knowledge intensive startups with the strong potential to internationalize
Supporting collaborative applied research projects between companies, laboratories and socio-economic actors including support for technology transfer
Beneficiaries:
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Start up
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Status of the eligible institutions:
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Field:
Innovation
Program contribution maximum:
50%
Program contribution note:
The FFG uses a combination of several financing instruments:
- grants;
- low-interest loans;
- guarantees for bank loans plus interest subsidies.
Project duration maximum:
12 months