The research institutions Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH), the Wood Competence Center (Wood K plus) and K1-MET, headquartered in Upper Austria, were each able to secure seven million euros from the federal government for four years of cutting-edge research as a budget, said Economics Minister Markus Achleitner (ÖVP) on Thursday With.
According to the provincial councilor, the competence centers are working on “solutions for the future issues of our society”. “The centers have invested a lot of energy with their project partners and were able to hold their own in the face of tough competition in front of the top-class expert jury,” said Wilfried Enzenhofer, Managing Director of Upper Austrian Research (UAR).
According to the latest jury decision, 1846 researchers across Austria will receive 178 million euros for eight years in the Comet network. The federal government is providing 53 million euros, the federal states 26 million, companies are investing almost 90 million, and the scientific partners are contributing nine million euros.
Source: Nachrichten
