MCI welcomes Tyrolean science funding

vom

With almost 40,000 students and 11,000 employees, the 8 Tyrolean universities are not only an important economic factor, but also a powerful innovation engine for the science, education and technology location. In order to better leverage this potential, the Tyrolean government has just approved the new Tyrolean Science Promotion Programme, which is welcomed by the MCI with great enthusiasm.

"We are very pleased about this courageous initiative by the Tyrolean government," MCI Rector Andreas Altmann says. "As an Entrepreneurial University®, we will do everything we can to take advantage of the new opportunities and move the location forward."

Michael Kraxner, Head of Research & Technology Transfer at MCI, adds: "I see great potential in each individual programme track to develop new technologies, processes, products and business models as well as optimise existing ones."

Anita Zehrer, head of the Centre for Family Businesses and head of research in the area of Business & Society at MCI, takes a similar line: "Our research focuses beyond gaining knowledge to finding concrete solutions to problems in cooperation with businesses and non-profit organisations. The new Tyrolean science funding starts precisely here and is the key to growth, prosperity and employment."

Programme lines of Tyrolean science funding 2023-2027:

  • Junior research projects: up to 100,000 euros per project, up to 100 per cent funding for scientific projects
  • Congresses / conferences / symposia / lecturers: up to 10,000 euros per event for scientific networking
  • Industry-related dissertations: up to 10 dissertation positions per year at Tyrolean universities at the interface between science and industry
  • Matching Funds: Co-financing of research projects positively reviewed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, which cannot be funded by the FWF due to the budgetary situation (in accordance with the National Foundation); a total of up to 1,000,000 euros

"On behalf of the MCI and our stakeholders, I can only congratulate all members of the state government and complementary contributors to the new science funding. All 8 Tyrolean universities will benefit greatly from this. In addition to Governor Anton Mattle and Provincial Councillor Georg Dornauer, I would like to express my special thanks to Tyrolean Science Provincial Councillor Cornelia Hagele and her colleagues from neighbouring ministries," says Rector Andreas Altmann , impressed.