Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

Beyond Europe
Multilateral
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Bilateral
• Argentina
• China
• India
• Israel
• Japan
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• USA
• Argentina
• China
• India
• Israel
• Japan
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• USA
Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF). 
Special measures
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is involved in a number of international networks and activities and plays 
a leading role in some of these. The following current memberships and shareholdings should be men-
tioned first and foremost:
• Science Europe (www.scienceeurope.org); 
– High-level Policy Network on Cross-border Collaboration
– Task Force on Multilateral Lead Agency Procedure
– Working Group on Open Access
– Working Group on Research Data
– Task Force on Research Assessment
• Global Research Council (www.globalresearchcouncil.org); 
• Belmont Forum (belmontforum.org);
• ERC Programme Committee (national expert);
• Georgian National Science Foundation Twinning Project;

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2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research 
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• Research on Research Institute (www.researchonresearch.org); 
• Cooperation with ETH Zurich on analysis of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) decision-making process;
• GRANteD (www.granted-project.eu); 
• Research Integrity (www.sops4ri.eu); 
• cOAlition S (www.coalition-s.org); 
• OA2020 (www.oa2020.org). 
 
Indicator 6: Knowledge and technology transfer
In addition to traditional knowledge transfer formats (including the “Am Puls” events and the online plat-
form “scilog”), a number of funding programmes, projects funded via topic-based foundations, and the 
PEARL network initiative are used to promote knowledge and technology transfer: