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30. November 2018

New Research Centre for the Chemical Process Industry

The fifth nationwide call of the K1 centres COMET funding scheme brought successes for the research region of Upper Austria: “The province was able to attract a new centre of excellence for the chemical process industry,” says economy and research spokesman and deputy governor Dr. Michael Strugl with satisfaction.

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15. June 2018

COMET: Upper Austria excels with approved K Projects

The COMET (Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies) programme of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) promotes highly qualified research conducted by industry and science as partners. The latest call for projects also proved highly competitive. 21 projects from all over Austria were submitted, nine of which were accepted. Three of the four entries that had Upper Austrian companies as consortium leaders succeeded in convincing the panel of international judges — an outstanding success rate of 75 per cent.

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30. June 2016

COMET Call: Upper Austria Wins Funds for 3 Projects

The fourth nationwide call for projects under the COMET funding scheme “K1 centres” in Austria was hugely successful for the research region of Upper Austria. The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) has approved funding for seven projects all over Austria, with Upper Austria playing a central role in three of them.

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10. August 2015

COMET: Start of the 6th Call for K Projects

The 6th call for K projects will be open from 2 November 2015, its official start, to 26 April 2016, the final date for submissions.

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13. July 2015

COMET: 13/07/2015 - The 4th Call for K1 Centres Starts

On 13 July 2015, the fourth call for K1 centres under the COMET funding programme of the FFG begins. K1 centres conduct high-quality research on which science and industry collaborate.

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