Call for projects related to (mountain) agriculture

Projects at the University of Innsbruck that deal with agricultural topics can be submitted.

The allocation of funding is linked to the following obligations:

1. Start of the subsidised project within 3 months of the allocation of funds, otherwise the subsidy must be reimbursed. The funding can be used until the end of the year in which the grant is awarded. All subsidies that have not been used within this period must be refunded to the subsidising SAP account assignment.
2. A short final report on the progress and results of the subsidised project in accordance with the specifications of the FZ Berglandwirtschaft. After project completion or by 15 January 2026 at the latest, submission of a detailed final statement by means of an SAP statement signed by the project management.
3. After completion of the project, transfer of the material resources that were purchased with the granted funding amount (equipment, books, etc.) to the ownership of the University of Innsbruck - for this purpose, a report must be submitted as third-party inventory with the asset registration sheet within 1 month after completion of the project.
4. Short presentation of the project at the annual meeting of the Mountain Agriculture Research Centre which will be held at the end of January/beginning of February 2026. If possible, presentation of research results at scientific conferences are desired. In addition, it is desired that the findings from the funded research project are also made accessible outside the scientific community.
5. Applicants commit themselves to cite the Mountain Agriculture Research Unit and the “Land Tirol” as a funder in all documents and publications or to mention the funding from the Mountain Agriculture Research Unit and the “Land Tirol” accordingly in publications.
6. Assignment of the scientific achievements resulting from the funded project (e.g. publications, conference contributions, academic theses) to the Mountain Agriculture Research Unit in the research database of the University of Innsbruck.

In the event of non-compliance with these conditions, the funding amount granted must be refunded.

Please have the application entered in the project database at the responsible project database officer of your institute and upload all documents individually as .pdf files. Please send the project database number as an application by e-mail no later than

Friday, 14 March 2025

to forschungsfoerderung@uibk.ac.at.

Documents to be submitted

1. Application form download
2. Comprehensible description of the project submitted for funding in a maximum of 5 pages (Times New Roman font, 12 pt) with a work plan and schedule, financing plan and the planned measures for publishing the project results. The project description must clearly define the objectives and hypotheses of the project. In addition, the significance of the expected results for the respective research discipline and agriculture must be described. Applications that do not fulfil these criteria will not be considered.
3. Project title and abstract (130-150 words) in German, formulated in a way that is understandable for non-experts and as a Word document
4. Naming of the institutions to which the submitted project has also been or will be submitted for funding, or from which funding has already been granted for this project and the amount of funding to date.
5. CV including a list of project-relevant publications by the applicant(s) from the last 5 years (maximum 3 pages in total)

The next tender is expected to take place in spring 2026.