The key aim of the 1,000 Ideas Programme of the FWF is to investigate future-oriented research topics with high scientific and transformative potential.

Target group

• Qualified principal investigators—both established researchers and those at the beginning of their career(usually with a PhD/MD)—who work or want to work at Austrian research institutions.
• Formal applications are submitted by the Austrian research institution; there is no limit to the number of applications that can be submitted by a research institution.
• A principal investigator can only be involved in one project application. The FWF’s limit on the number of funded projects in other programmes does not apply to applications for the 1000 Ideas Programme.

Objectives

• Foster creativity, encourage risk-taking and facilitate the development of novel, innovative research domains;
• Focus on high-risk, original or transformative research at an early stage, which may be too premature to have very good chances of obtaining funding via existing grant programmes due to the unconventional design, lack of validating data and/or the high risks involved;
• Address visionary research ideas that cross disciplinary boundaries and/or are not yet the subject of debates in academic research and/or in society.

Update

Due to lack of funding budget, this call planned to open on 3 Nov 2022 has been suspended!!