Deadline: 15 May 2024
Do you want to make science understandable for a broad audience? If you want to simply explain topics from the field of MINT (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) and organize an event and prepare the results for media purposes, for example as a video, newsletter or on your social media channels, the Understanding Science funding is suitable for her. Get advice from them so that your project can be implemented quickly.
With the Understanding Science funding, they support communication measures to prepare the results of research and science in an understandable way and make them easily accessible. You can have them support personnel costs, services such as fees for speakers or the purchase of knowledge, travel expenses for speakers, moderators or lecturers, the purchase of machines or licenses and the purchase of intellectual property rights.
Funding Information
- Maximum funding amount per project: 60,000 euros per project
- Minimum project size: 10,000 euros
- Maximum project duration: 2 years
- Bonus: Women’s bonus: You will receive a bonus of 5,000 euros if your project is led by a qualified woman.
What is funded?
- The Understanding Science funding supports personnel costs, fees, acquisition of knowledge and intangible investment costs, material and material costs as well as travel costs for guests (moderators, speakers). Funding supports company projects and not the costs of ongoing operations. Calculate the costs of your project as accurately as possible.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Understanding Science Fund supports universities and technical colleges as well as associations, NPOs, non-university research institutions and existing companies based in Vienna in all sectors.
For more information, visit Wirtschaftsagentur Wien.