Scientific & Technological Cooperation (S&T Cooperation)

The international “Scientific & Technological Cooperation” (S&T Cooperation) programmes are based on inter-governmental and bilateral agreements or memoranda of understanding and contribute to the further development of the international cooperation activities of Austrian higher education and research institutions in the fields of science and technology. Calls for proposals for bilateral research projects with selected partner countries are usually issued every two years within the framework of these S&T Cooperation agreements. With some countries there are annual calls for proposals. Funding for bilateral research projects is mainly available for travel and accommodation costs of researchers as well as project-related material costs up to Euro 3,000 per project for the two-year project period.

The aim of the S&T Cooperation programmes is to stimulate international research cooperation, to establish new, sustainable international partnerships and to increase the proportion of young and female researchers in international research project consortia.

Eligible for application:
Researchers at universities, universities of applied sciences and non-university research institutions in areas of basic research.

Active bilateral agreements are currently in place with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brasil, Bulgaria, China, France, India, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Ukraine and Hungary.

Information for reimbursement (valid for projects approved until the end of 2023)

Infos

The Scientific & Technological Cooperation programme, which began in the late 1960s, remained successful in 2023.

WTZ statistic 2023

Articles of visits to Austrian participating institutions:

• Visit to the Natural History Museum Vienna: Artikel | Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung (oead.at)
• Visit to the Institute for Sound Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences: Article | OeAD Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation
• Visit to the Geocentre of the University of Vienna: Article | OeAD Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation

If you are interested to show us your WTZ project or institute please send us an email.

Application agency in Austria: OeAD / International Cooperation in Higher Education, Vienna. The application must be in English.

Application agency for your project partner: Your project partner has to submit the application in his or her country of origin at the authority defined as the first competent authority for his or her institution and according to the local requirements and application form there (see 'info', when call is open).

Detailed information and the direct link to our online application form will be available as soon as the call is open.

OeAD online tool [link]

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