FFG General Programme
Offers Austrian companies broad, cross-sector innovation support through flexible grants and loans.
The FFG General Programme 2026 is the Austrian Research Promotion Agency's open-topic flagship instrument for company-led R&D. Administered by FFG on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) and the Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET), it supports experimental development projects at Technology Readiness Levels 5 through 8 across all t…
Open to all topics and technologies. Experimental development (TRL 5–8). Projects typically yield exploitable products, processes or services, including digital ones.
Sign up free to see the funding breakdown
Sign up free to see the industries in scope
Sign up free to see the full eligibility
Sign up free to see how to apply
Sign up free to see what you submit
Sign up free to see the timeline
Guides for this application
All guides →Grant Financials and Co-Funding Evidence: Examples for Startup Applications
See examples of grant financials, match funding evidence, co-funding tables, accountant letters, investor commitments, and budget-to-work-plan checks.
Start hereTRL Levels Explained for Deeptech Founders
Learn what TRL levels mean, how to estimate technology readiness, and how TRL affects grants, EIC Accelerator, SBIR/STTR, funding stage, and application evidence.
DocumentsGrant Work Plan Template: Work Packages, Gantt, Milestones, and Risks
Use this grant work plan template to structure work packages, tasks, owners, deliverables, Gantt timing, dependencies, and risk registers.
DocumentsProof-of-Concept Data for Grants: Evidence Examples for Deeptech Applications
See how to present proof-of-concept data in grant applications, with examples for evidence registers, test logs, pilot data, and prior project proof.
More from FFG
All grants from this funder →FFG COMET Projects
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian academia and firms through collaborative innovation projects that turn research outputs into commercial solutions.
FFG Austrian Life Sciences
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian life-science innovation in digital health, drug development, and medical technologies.
FFG Frontrunner
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Funds Austrian start-ups and scale-ups building transformative innovation with Frontrunner-style support.
BRIDGE
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Funds Austrian science-industry consortia transferring basic research toward industrial applications.
FFG Eco-Cheque
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian small businesses and non profits with small grants for pilot environmental technology projects and solution testing.
Similar grants
Browse the directory →
ERC Starting Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds early-career researchers building an independent research team and pursuing frontier research through an ERC Starting Grant hosted at a public or private research organisation.
Pillar III: Promoting public engagement in R&I and scientific literacy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds consortia running youth science-engagement programmes or researcher-public dialogue events under one of two chosen tracks to boost trust in science.
ERC Consolidator Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds researchers 5 to 15 years past their PhD who are building an independent research team in Europe through an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Persons with disabilities: opportunities for labour inclusion and social protection through the life course
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research on closing the employment gap and fixing social-protection benefit traps for people with disabilities.
The effective use of artificial intelligence in learning environments in pre-primary and primary education
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds long-term studies on how AI tools affect learning outcomes and wellbeing in pre-primary and primary schools.
Strengthening rural communities' resilience to shocks
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research and pilots that help rural communities anticipate, survive and recover from economic, climate or social shocks.