aws BoB is organised by aws Life Science Austria (LISA), a programme of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW). The competition has been held since 2000 and is conducted in collaboration with the Austrian life science clusters, AplusB centres and international partners. In 2025, BoB will enter the next round in an updated form.
What is funded?
Life Science Business Idea
Sector
Life Sciences
Target Group
Scientists, Students, Researchers, Ideators, Young Founders
Funding procedure/-instrument
Competition | -
Volume
up to EUR 8,000
Project duration
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Submission deadline
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Approval period
-
Success rate
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aws BoB is organised by aws Life Science Austria (LISA), a programme of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW). The competition has been held since 2000 and is conducted in collaboration with the Austrian life science clusters, AplusB centres and international partners. In 2025, BoB will enter the next round in an updated form.
- Motivation of scientists and other creative people in the life sciences to undertake entrepreneurial activities
- Support through feedback on the submitted business ideas by experts in the life sciences field with extensive experience in patents, finance, and entrepreneurship
- High visibility of winners in the life science community and networking opportunities
- Exploitation of application-oriented scientific research and innovation
- Reinforcement of Austria and Central Europe as life sciences business incubators
- New projects for aws PreSeed and aws Seedfinancing
Students and researchers at universities and non-university research institutions, as well as anyone else interested in the commercial exploitation of innovative, application-oriented research results, who wish to further develop their ideas towards founding a company.
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