Deadline: 30 April 2025
Do you want to make new research results and knowledge accessible to the general public? Do you want to make science and technology more understandable an trustworthy in an innovative way? Is your goal to get more people interested in science education and careers? Then the Understanding Science Funding is right for you.
Funding Information
- Maximum funding amount: 60,000 euros per development proposal
- Funding rate: maximum 75%
- Minimum project value: 10,000 euros
- Maximum project duration: 2 years
- Women’s bonus: 5,000 euros. The women’s bonus is awarded if your development proposal is managed by a woman with the necessary qualifications.
What is funded?
- The Vienna Business Agency provide Understanding Science Funding to assist in communication activities that aim to present research and scientific results in an understandable and easily accessible manner. You can apply for Understanding Science Funding to cover payroll costs, costs for services, including fees for speakers or knowledge procurement, travel expenses for speakers, moderators, or lecturers, for the purchase of machines or licenses, and for the acquisition of intellectual property rights.
Eligible Costs
- Payroll costs for employees and self-employed contractors, for partners and owners of small enterprises, external services such knowledge procurement, acquisition costs for machines or equipment, licenses or intellectual property rights, travel expenses for invited guests, including moderators or speakers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Universities, universities of applied sciences, associations, non-university research institutions, and organisations.
- Business sectors: Companies and organisations in the social, research, and educational sectors.
Application Requirements
- A duly completed online application form, an application confirmation, as well as a de minimis declaration, your latest annual financial statements, and/or an income statement.
For more information, visit Vienna Business Agency.
