Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

Special measures 
• The funding service set up in 2018 is now fully operational. It provides potential funding applicants with 
an access portal for their initial consultation as well as 
first-level support
.
129 Period from receipt of the application to the signing of the contract (by the FFG).
130 The funding service of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) was set up in 2018, although it only started operat-
ing fully as of 2019. Therefore no data is available for 2018.

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2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research 
149
 
Indicator 5: Internationalisation
Projects with international partners
as % of all projects
2018
16%
2019
17%
Source: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
Commitments
Present value 2018
in €1,000
Present value 2019 
in €1,000
Article 185: Aal
5,890
1,306
Article 185: Eurostars
3,896
5,953
Eranet EU co-funded
5,759
5,997
Eranet not EU co-funded
3,052
5,015
Eureka
3,964
2,961
Joint Programming Initiatives
4,872
1,413
Joint Technology Initiatives
8,822
10,223
Other transnational projects
6,241
1,996
Total
42,496
34,864
Source: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
Participations of FFG in Horizon 2020
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is a partner in 59 H2020 projects. The following table 
illustrates the portfolio of projects along the H2020 pillars and their instruments.
Pillar
Instrument
Number of projects