The Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol and the FWF jointly request applications for bilateral, cross-border research projects. A bilateral project must be designed in such a way that each partner’s part of the project in their respective country is not an independent project and therefore cannot be carried out and funded separately. It is expected that both parties make a significant research contribution to the overall project.
The submission and review of applications takes place according to the lead agency procedure (LAP), in which the FWF acts as the lead agency. The FWF carries out the review of applications in line with its national procedures, then the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol usually adopts the decision of the lead agency and, in the case of approval, funds the South Tyrolean part of the project based on an autonomous decision on the amount of funding.

The maximum project duration that may be requested is 3 years.