Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

participation in the MCSA, at 2.1%.
The largest number of Austrian participations – rel-
ative to the total number – under Horizon 2020 come 
from the business enterprise sector (37.6%), of which 
almost two-thirds are in small and medium-sized en-
terprises (SMEs). This is followed by the higher edu-
cation sector (27.9%) and the non-university research 
sector (23.3%). These three sectors combined make 
up almost 89% of Austrian participations in Horizon 
2020 projects. The rest is attributable to the public 
sector (3.3%) and the “other” category (7.8%).
In monetary terms, €497.6 million (or 35.7%) is at-
tributed to higher education institutions, €465.9 mil-
lion (or 33.5%) to companies and €348.9 million (or 
25.0%) to non-university research institutes.
Table 1-12: Austria’s performance in Horizon 2020 according to pillars, project participations, projects, 
coordinations and budget
Appr
ov
ed 
participations (all countries)
Appr
ov
ed Austrian 
participations
Austria’
s shar
e (in %)
Appr
ov
ed 
coor
dinations 
 
(all countries)
Appr
ov
ed 
coor
dinations (Austria)
Pr
oportion of pr
ojects 
 
with Austrian coor
dinator
s 
 
out of all coor
dinations 
 
(in %)
EU contribution (all countries, in € millions)
EU contribution 
 
(Austria, 
 
in € millions)
Austria’
s shar
e