AT-ICT of the Future - 2012-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
National
Program level area: 
AUSTRIA
Name of the instrument/Program: 
ICT of the Future
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
AUSTRIA
Managing authority: 

Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

Objectives: 

Develop lead technologies;
Achieve lead positions in competitive markets;
Establish and extend Austria’s leadership position as a research location;
Train and attract top scientists and research staff

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Computer Science and Informatics
Mathematics
Systems and Communication Engineering
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Cloud computing, e-tourism, smart mobility systems
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Open data (including PA), GIS, e-learning, Cloud computing, e-tourism, smart mobility systems
Other eligible actions: 

Preliminary studies for preparing and examining the viability of a planned research project;
Roadmap studies;
Process optimisation;
Data analysis

Beneficiaries: 
Higher education and research
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
International organisation
Field: 
Innovation
Program Budget: 
20 000 000,00 €