AT-Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise - AT - 2013-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
National
Program level area: 
AUSTRIA
Name of the instrument/Program: 
Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise - AT
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
AUSTRIA
Managing authority: 

Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW)

Objectives: 

It focuses on equal opportunities and a modern research culture interfacing science and industry.
The aim is to provide an impetus to establish a new research culture in Austrian science scenario. Furthermore to raise the visibility of excellent female research at the interface of science and industry.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Aerospace, Aeronautics and Space
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
Life Science & Biotechnology
New and intelligent materials, nano and microtechnology
Secure technologies
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Development of transnational schemes for infrastructure sharing for research and innovation (knowledge transfer centres, B2B initiatives)
Supporting the internationalisation through sharing know-how and cross-sectoral collaborations
Development of collaborative management approaches
Development of tools and services (analytical tools, strategies, management tools, capacity building etc.) in relation to jointly developed products and/or services
Promote joint research and innovation activities related to thematic areas
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
Program contribution maximum: 
60%
Program Budget: 
25 500 000,00 €
Project duration minimum: 
48 months
Project duration maximum: 
84 months