Researchers from universities and non-university research institutions can now submit climate-relevant projects to Austria's largest privately funded research prize. Through a private donation to the FWF's alpha+ foundation, 4.5 million euros are available under the title "Zero Emissions Award" to generate new knowledge for the energy transition.

The focus is on research projects addressing one of the following three areas:

• Basic research from all scientific disciplines to drive innovation in the fields of renewable energy and the energy transition, or
• Basic research for technologies that contribute to the success of the energy transition, or
• Basic research in the field of behavioural research on the use of renewable energy.

Further information can be found here.