Funding for Health in Austria

Health projects in Austria face significant challenges – and this is precisely where funding often makes the decisive difference. Whether you are developing a digital application for care and support, implementing a prevention project in schools, communities, or workplaces, or advancing clinic-related research: funding helps you bring ideas into practice faster, mitigate risks, and plan quality and impact thoroughly from the outset.

Currently, the funding focus is particularly on the digitalization of healthcare (e.g., eHealth/ELGA development, interoperable data spaces, telemedicine, and data-driven applications), on prevention and health promotion, as well as on new models of integrated care at the interfaces between outpatient and inpatient treatment and care. In addition, there are strong tracks for life sciences, MedTech, and translational research – that is, the path “from the laboratory to care” – as well as initiatives that strengthen resilient health and care infrastructures.

The funding landscape is diverse: depending on the project, national programs and institutions such as FGÖ, FFG, or aws are relevant, as well as EU programs like EU4Health, Horizon Europe, or the Digital Europe Programme – and often regional funding from the federal states or ERDF channels. It is important that your project clearly fits the respective call, that impact and implementation are planned to be measurable, and that topics such as data protection, IT security, or MDR/IVDR are considered early on.

To help you find the right health funding in Austria faster, the Reflecta Funding Compass supports you: with matching to suitable programs, clear requirements for each call, and a tool that guides you step by step through the application process. Start your project now and check which funding options realistically fit your project and organization.