The Austrian Science Fund (german: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FWF) is the most important

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n funding organization for basic research. The FWF supports research in

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, and the

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through a large variety of grant programmes,

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s and by funding infrastructure. The self-governed organization is based in

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and financed by the Austrian federal government.

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 ''

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-'' and

Wittgenstein-Preis The Wittgenstein Award (german: Wittgenstein-Preis) is an Austrian science award supporting the notion that "scientists should be guaranteed the greatest possible freedom and flexibility in the performance of their research." The prize money of up ...

Pascale Ehrenfreund Pascale Ehrenfreund (born 1960) is an Austrian astrophysicist. Ehrenfreund holds degrees from the University of Vienna (Masters, molecular biology; PhD astrophysics, habilitation, astrochemistry) and Webster Leiden (Masters, management and le ...

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

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format.

Membership

The Austrian Science Fund is a member of the

European Science Foundation The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 11 member organizations devoted to scientific research in 8 European countries. ESF is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that promotes the highest quality science ...

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official website

Scientific organisations based in Austria Organizations established in 1967 Organisations based in Vienna 1967 establishments in Austria Research funding agencies {{Sci-org-stub

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