Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

SMEs
Total
Participation in projects
2018
974 
1,208 
46 
633 
3,762 
2,403 
6,623 
2019
908 
984 
52 
695 
3,271 
2,151 
5,910 
Present value in €1,000
2018
135,777 
88,106 
3,434 
12,998 
260,423 
139,420 
500,737 
2019
137,103 
74,875 
3,855 
8,732 
269,233 
127,109 
493,799 
Number of projects
2018
841 
822 
43 
562 
2,748 
1,912 
3,855* 
2019
767 
665 
51 
636 
2,415 
1,639 
3,545* 
Source: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). Note: * The question regarding the number of funded projects per organi-
sational type results in projects being counted multiple times when totals are calculated for the organisational types. This has 
been adjusted, i.e. the totals shown do not correspond with the total project numbers per organisational type.
Time to contract,
129
 median values
Funding offer
2018
2019
FFG total
54 days
50 days
of which as examples
Bottom-up programmes*
69 days
62 days
Small-scale programmes**
12 days
8 days
Research premium
42 days
43 days
Source: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). Note: * Includes all funding 
offers that are implemented within the scope of the General Programme docu-
ment: General Programme Classic, Early Stage, Impact Innovation; ** Mainly in-
cludes the internships and the Innovation Voucher.
Number of consulting sessions for (potential) funding recipients
• Funded nationally by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG): data from 2019
130
– 9,109 consultations completed (includes: guideline consultations, questions on the FFG portfolio in 
general, questions on specific funding, support in connection with the submission tool (eCall).
– Of which: 588 guideline consultations based on the initial question: “What types of funding are avail-
able for my project idea?”
• Consultations within the scope of the EIP mandate
– 7,100 individual consultations in 2019 and 6,220 in 2018: approx. 75% for the EU Framework Pro-
gramme; remainder: COSME, Eureka, others.
– 95 events with approx. 3,700 participants in 2019 and 100 events with approx. 4,900 participants in 
2018.
– Of these: 29 webinars with 1,670 participants in 2019 and 28 webinars with 1,420 participants in 2018.