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R&D Incentives

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In accordance with EU regulations, expenditures for research and development are generally considered as eligible to receive public funding, regardless of the particular business location and size of the company.

 

Apart from incentives like the research allowance (25%) or the research premium (8%), it were structural reforms like the founding of the Research Promotion Agency ( Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft ,FFG) that made Austria even more attractive for business relevant research. The FFG provides funds for every field of applied research and has a yearly budget of EUR 586 million (2007).

Eligible investments - nationwide ceilings for Austria:

  • Industrial research and development: 50%
  • Experimental development (pre-market research): 25%



Supplementary funding can be granted for SMEs and specific cooperation projects.

Funding instruments

  • Low interest loans (Austrian Research Promotion Agency, ERP Fund)
  • Subsidies (Austrian Research Promotion Agency, various provincial assistance agencies)
  • Guarantees (Austrian Research Promotion Agency)



Funding criteria

Marketable technological innovations with corresponding risks in implementation.

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