The new programme is being implemented by ÖAW and FWF jointly and has a similar goal to the Land Steiermark UFO Call:
"Disruptive Innovation - Early Career Seed Money" is a joint funding programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to facilitate the implementation of unconventional, innovative and maybe even very risky ideas of an uncertain outcome. It is financed by the Zukunft Österreich fund (FZÖ). Funding will be interdisciplinary and across thematic areas, with seed money being made available as flexible grants that may be used freely. Low-threshold application and an unconventional selection procedure are aimed to help radically new ideas achieve a breakthrough.
Quote: Disruptive Innovation – Early Career Seed Money (oeaw.ac.at)
The call for proposals is open to all topics and is published in all of Austria. Applications and the selection process, including the selection weekend, will be in English.
Call begins: 8 September 2023
Deadline for submission: 31 October 2023
Info webinars:
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 2 to 3 p.m. (German, Zoom-Link)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 2 to 3 p.m. (English, Zoom-Link)