Clinical Research Program (KLIF)
Ongoing funding of independent, non-commercial clinical studies in human and veterinary medicine at Austrian research institutions. Project durations up to 48 months, submissions accepted at any time via elane.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Funding of clearly defined, time- and budget-limited projects in the field of clinical research in human and veterinary medicine with the aim of obtaining scientific knowledge to improve clinical practice, therapeutic concepts, and diagnostic procedures.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel costs
- Operating expenses
- Equipment costs
- Material costs
- Travel expenses
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Non-eligible expenses
- Infrastructure
- Basic equipment of the research facility
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
- Educational Institutions
Funding requirements
- Scientific qualification of the applicant for project leadership
- Proof of study-related preliminary work
- Implementation at a suitable Austrian research institution
- Positive ethics approval or fundamental endorsement by the ethics committee
Documents required for application
- Project description including attachments
- Application guidelines for clinical research
- Ethics approval or endorsement certificate
- PI-publication.pdf
- Publication_list.pdf
- Cost breakdown form
- Scientific abstract form
- Co-authors form
- Research site assignment form
- Contact form
Evaluation criteria
- Degree of innovation of the project
- Quality of the planned research
- Approach/methodology and feasibility
- Scientific qualification of the project management
- Ethical and gender-related aspects
Description
The Clinical Research program of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) supports non-commercial clinical studies in human and veterinary medicine at Austrian universities, universities of applied sciences, and research institutions, independent of commercial interests. It funds clearly defined projects with a maximum duration of 48 months and limited financial scope, aiming to gain insights for optimizing therapeutic concepts and diagnostic procedures as well as improving clinical practice. Projects with high scientific quality and degree of innovation, designed ethically responsibly and with sex- and gender-relevance, are supported. The involvement of associated research partners, national and international collaborations is possible, provided all participants meet the requirements regarding qualifications, infrastructure, and ethical approval.
Funding is provided as a grant for project-specific expenses (personnel costs, consumables, equipment costs, material and travel expenses, as well as other costs) and applications can be submitted at any time via the electronic application portal elane. Applicants must provide evidence of prior scientific work, a positive decision from an ethics committee, and a suitable research facility in Austria. The evaluation by international experts is based on the degree of innovation, scientific quality, methodology, qualification of the project leadership, and ethical/sex- and gender-relevant aspects. Concurrent applications are limited to a maximum of three projects per project leader. Thus, the program offers research-active scientists a continuous opportunity to conduct independent clinical studies and achieve new insights in human and veterinary medicine.
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