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Grants

FFG Spin-off Fellowship

Status

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.

Closed

Amount

Not published

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.

Funder

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.

Your odds

Not published

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.

Effort

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Sectors: deeptech, any
Stage: idea stage and 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

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ffg.at/spin-off-fellowships

"20.05.2022 - 31.03.2026"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.ffg.at