The Austrian NANO Initiative is a multi-annual funding programme for Nanoscale Sciences and Nanotechnologies (NANO for short) in Austria. It coordinates NANO measures on the national and regional levels and is supported by several Ministries, Federal provinces and Funding institutions, under the overall control of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit).

The programme is managed by Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit). The orientation and the structure of the Austrian NANO Initiative have been developed jointly with scientists, entrepreneurs and intermediaries.

Objectives and Target Groups

The NANO Initiative addresses all NANO players from University and non-University research, as well as enterprises located in Austria. International partners are welcome to participate in all Programme Action Lines.

NANO is regarded as a set of promising future technologies with an enormous development and application potential in many sectors of industry and many areas of life. It is therefore a strategically important focus for Austrian research and industry.

The Austrian NANO Initiative has four programme action lines

• Research and Technology Development Project Clusters,
• Networks and Confidence Building,
• Training and Education Measures,
• Accompanying Measures.

Further Information can be found on the programme website.