Life Sciences 2026
Targeted Prevention
The Life Sciences 2026 Call “Targeted Prevention” is currently under review. This aim of this call is to fund innovative and impactful projects that have the potential to promote disease prevention and/or increase the number of healthy life years in a defined population.
A total of € 7.5 million has been dedicated to this call. The funding range per project is € 400,000 – €750,000. Joint Projects between scientists in Vienna and Lower Austria may request a budget of up to €800,000. Projects should run between 2 – 4 years.
This is a two-stage call:
- Deadline for short proposals was 5th May 2026. 116 short proposals were submitted.
- The decision regarding the short proposals is expected in early July. Applicants will be informed via email regarding the outcome of their short proposal. The Funding Portal will re-open for submission of full proposals shortly thereafter.
- Deadline for full proposals (upon invitation): 6th October 2026, 2pm
- The funding decision is expected in late March, 2027
All information regarding the conditions and processes of the call, as well as a guide to submitting proposals, can be found in the WWTF Wiki for this call.
Please do not hesitate to contact the call managers for more details:
- Grace Liu | grace.liu@wwtf.at | Tel.: +43 1 402 31 43 12
- Benjamin Missbach| benjamin.missbach@wwtf.at | Tel.: +43 1 402 31 43 19