The R&D_Collaboration Initiation funding programme supports companies seeking to establish national or international research and development collaborations.

• Who is eligible: Companies in the founding process, small, medium-sized and large companies and research institutions
• Eligible costs: Personnel costs, external services, travel costs
• Eligibility criteria: Scientific standard of research collaboration sought, organisation and diversity of collaboration sought, suitability and appropriateness of preparatory work and how the project is embedded in a company-wide research strategy
• Submission: Continuously with the online funding application. The funding application must be submitted before the project begins.
  The evaluation of applications is carried out by experts from the Vienna Business Agency and external jury members.

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All documents (PDF in German) on the R&D_Collaboration Initiation funding programme