Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

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Federal Ministry 
Republic of Austria 
Ed ucation, Science 
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Federal Ministry 
Republic of Austria 
Ed ucation, Science 
and Research 
Federal Ministry 
Republic of Austria 
Education, Science 
and Research
Federal Ministry
Republic of Austria
Climate Action, Environment, 
Energy, MobiIity,
Innovation and Technology
Federal Ministry 
Republic of Austria 
Digital and
Economic Affairs
Austrian Research and
Technology Report 2020
Report under Section 8(1) of the Research 
Organisation Act on
federally subsidised research,
technology, and innovation in Austria

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Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020
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Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), 1010 Vienna
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), 1030 
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This report was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), the 
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), and 
the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW). It was written by a working group consisting 
of WPZ Research, the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and the Austrian Institute for SME Research (KMU 
Forschung Austria) with the support of VDI/VDE Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit), Technopolis 
and the Industry Science Institute (IWI).
Team of authors: Brigitte Ecker (Coordination, WPZ Research), Philipp Brunner (IWI), Tobias Dudenbostel 
(Technopolis), Helmut Gassler (ZSI), Gerald Gogola (WPZ Research), Ernst A. Hartmann (iit), Joachim 
Kaufmann (Austrian Institute for SME Research), Peter Kaufmann (Austrian Institute for SME Research), 
Stefan Krabel (iit), Elisabeth Nindl (Austrian Institute for SME Research), Sascha Ruhland (Austrian 
Institute for SME Research), Sascha Sardadvar (WPZ Research), Christine Seth (iit), Herwig W. Schneider 
(IWI), Klaus Schuch (ZSI), Mila Staneva (iit), Dorothea Sturn (ZSI), Brigitte Tiefenthaler (Technopolis), 
Katharina Warta (Technopolis) and Simon Zingerle (Technopolis).

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