FORTE
The Defense Research Programme FORTE is the first of its kind in Austria. It closes the thematic gap in national research funding programs in the area of security policy and complements the existing Security Research Programme KIRAS, which explicitly excludes genuine arms and defense research. FORTE effectively contributes to the protection of citizens and state and therefore promotes the compliance of an indispensable constitutional duty.
BMF and BMLV
There is a close coordination concerning the content of the (funding-)activities between Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) and BMLV. Hence, the BMLV decides on the thematic funding priorities.
Saftey Pin
The civil security research program KIRAS, the defense research program FORTE, and the cybersecurity research program Kybernet-Pass together form the “security framework”, within which all federal security-related research funding is concentrated to maximize efficiency and minimize administrative costs.
Attention please for the updated FORTE citation and publishing rules!
All project consortia are obliged to use the logos of BMF, FFG and FORTE as well as the phrase „The project „[…]“ is funded / financed within the Defence Research Programme FORTE of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance and managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency.“ clearly visible at the beginning of every presentation or publication (eventprogrammes, websites, etc.) of their project(s).
Your accordance represents an important contribution to the future of Austrian defence research. Thank you!
Funded Projects
The programme responsibility for the Austrian Defense Research Funding Programme FORTE lies with the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF). The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under the authority of the BMF carries out the programme management, particularly on the project level.
