Austrian Science Fund
Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
AbbreviationFWF
Formation4 March 1968; 55 years ago (1968-03-04)
Location
Websitefwf.ac.at

The Austrian Science Fund (German: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FWF) is the most important Austrian funding organization for basic research. The FWF supports research in science, engineering, and the humanities through a large variety of grant programmes, prizes and by funding infrastructure. The self-governed organization is based in Vienna and financed by the Austrian federal government.

In September 2023 president Christof Gattringer voiced funding concerns: a three year budget consensus previously reached with the Ministry of Education is lacking confirmation by the Ministry of Finance despite continuing high inflation in Austria.[1][2][3][4]

Organisation

The Austrian Science Fund was established in 1967 and had a budget of 91 million euros in 2001. Most projects are individual research grants for up to three years. In addition, it also supports national research clusters, doctoral schools, scholarships for young researchers and awards like the START- and Wittgenstein-Preis. Pascale Ehrenfreund was elected president of the FWF on 6 June 2013. In recent years, the Austrian Science Fund provides growing support for the publication of articles and monographs in the open access format.[5]

Membership

The Austrian Science Fund is a member of the European Science Foundation.

See also

References

  1. ^ red, science ORF at/Agenturen (26 September 2023). "FWF pocht auf Einhaltung von Budgetzusagen". science.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Verbraucherpreisindex (VPI/HVPI)". STATISTIK AUSTRIA (in Austrian German). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Inflation rates in Austria". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ Inman, Phillip (27 June 2023). "Corporate profits drove up prices last year, says ECB president". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ^ Markin, Pablo (14 April 2017). "The Austrian Science Fund Endorses De Gruyter for its Open Access Publishing Program". OpenScience. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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