Michael Stampfer, managing director of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), the only private, non-profit organization in Vienna dedicated to funding scientific research, discusses the challenges scientific research faces in Austria and how the organization helps bridge the gap between academia and industry. Furthermore, he illustrates the steps taken to choose which specific scientific field obtains funding and what Austria must do to be considered a regional R&D hub.
As the managing director, could you please introduce to our international readers the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)?
"The vision has always been to develop Vienna as a research stronghold, not just within Austria, but across the entire central European region."
