Overview: FWF Start Grant
General	Program name	FWF Start Grant
	Funds for	PI starting grants
	Funding agency	Austrian Sience Fund (FWF)
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	All fields of Science
	Duration	6 years, an interim review after 3 years decides on continuation
	Program web site	http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/fwf-programmes/start-programme/
	Number of calls per year	1
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	CeMM
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	PhD with no less than 2 years and no longer than 8 years postdoctoral experiencea t the deadline for submission of applications. Extensions to this period may be allowed in case of eligible career breaks (see guidelines)
	Applicant's Nationality	Any
	Other Important Requirements	Applicants submitting a proposal for FWF Start have to be submit a proposal with identical content in the ERC Starting Grant scheme at the next possible call deadline.
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)	n/a
	Working contract (gross salary)	n/a
	Other allowances	Minimum 800.000 EUR up to maximum 1.2 Mio. EUR
Next deadline	Sept. 20, 2018, 5 p.m.
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
2016	about 7 Awards	Unknown
2018	about 5-6 Awards