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Research grant

RISE Europe — 2026 Call

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

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  • at 13:00 UTC
  • Up to €1,000,000
  • Early independent researcher
  • Austria
  • Institution applies
  • Open to all fields
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Enable excellent unfunded ERC Starting Grant 2026 projects to proceed at Austrian research institutions. The programme uses the ERC evaluation and supports a research project adapted to its own funding and duration limits. It accepts projects from all disciplines and requires the original proposal, ERC decision and evaluation reports, plus any explanation of cost reductions. Applications close at 14:00 Vienna time on 19 November 2026.

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Eligibility

Covers: Up to EUR 1 million in project-specific personnel and non-personnel costs over 60 months. Costs and project scope must be adjusted to the programme’s limits.

Host and applying institution must be Austrian and must have participated in the qualifying ERC Starting Grant 2026 proposal.

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An Austrian research institution applies for a researcher whose ERC Starting Grant 2026 proposal with that institution received an A rating but was not funded for budgetary reasons. Permanent professors or equivalent leaders, accepted permanent-professorship appointees, and former FWF START, ASTRA or ERC Starting Grant recipients are ineligible. ASTRA application rules also apply.

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Source: fwf.ac.at