Starting March 2023: FWF Switches Administration of Stand-Alone Projects to PROFI

30.01.2023

Since 2019, the FWF has been gradually switching the administration of its funding programs to the new PROFI mode. In March 2023, the FWF will now also be switching its largest program, Stand-Alone Project funding, to PROFI.

The administration of Stand-Alone Projects will switch over to PROFI starting March 20, 2023. This means that from that point on, funding applications will be submitted by research institutions rather than by individual researchers (a switch from §26 to §27 of the Universities Act). With this step, the FWF’s largest funding program will be in line with the other funding programs already operating in PROFI mode. This change applies only to new applications; previously submitted proposals and current projects are not affected.

Please note that applications submitted to elane in the ad personam format will no longer be processed after March 20, 2023.