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4. Autonomous and Commissioned Programs
Apart from the FWF‘s own funding categories, which are adminis-
tered autonomously, the Science Fund manages programs on behalf
of ministries.
Commissioned by BMBWK (11.06 Mio. Euro)
■ Hertha Firnberg Program
■ START Program
■ Wittgenstein Award
Commissioned by BMVIT (3.17 Mio. Euro)
■ Impulse Projects
■ NANO Initiative
The funding categories administered autonomously are
■ Stand-alone Projects
■ Stand-alone Publications
■ Special Research Programs
■ National Research Networks
■ Doctoral Programs
■ ESF’s EUROCORES Program
■ Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships for research stays abroad
■ Lise Meitner Program
■ Elise Richter Program
■ EURYI Awards
■ Translational Research Program
In total the funding of FWF reads as follows:
million Euro
2003 2004 2005
Funding – self-governed 99.5 106.6 107.9
Other research-associated expenses 2.2 -0.1 0.3
Funding – commissioned 6.5 16.5 14.2
Funding Total 108.2 123.0 122.4
FWF STATISTIK 2005