FFG Spin-off Fellowship
Closed for now
No successor call announced as of verification. The programme ran as a multi-call scheme (1st and 2nd Ausschreibung, each with several Einreichfristen) — monitor ffg.at for a third call.
Fellowship funding for researchers preparing a spin-off; R&D activities must take place at the research institution. Per-project amounts are set in each call's guidelines.
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG)
public · national
Deadline: closed — Programme availability period ran 20 May 2022 – 31 March 2026; the second call's final submission deadline has passed.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, any
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Individual researchers together with universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutions and competence centres in Austria.
How to apply
- Anchor the project at an Austrian university, university of applied sciences, research institution or competence centre. — link
- Submit via eCall within a call's Einreichfrist (currently none open).
What you will need
- Project proposal and commercialisation concept
- Host institution support statement
Source. https://www.ffg.at/spin-off-fellowships — checked 2026-08-14
"20.05.2022 - 31.03.2026"