COMET: Starlight hours of research
At the heart of COMET is a jointly defined research programme at the highest level. Companies and universities or R&D institutions form synergies that position Styria prominently in the international innovation landscape. Currently, our province is involved in 24 of the 38 Austrian research centres in the programme. COMET comprises three lines of action: COMET centres (K1 and K2), COMET projects and COMET modules. They diverge in terms of goal orientation, internationality, project volume and duration.
COMET projects
contribute to the initiation of new product, process and service innovations. COMET projects enable new consortia and topics to access the COMET programme. The aim of COMET projects (formerly K-projects) is to carry out high-quality research in cooperation between science and industry with a medium-term perspective and clearly defined topics with future development potential.
Consortium
at least one scientific partner and at least three business partners
Duration
three to four years
Funding
- fix 45 % public funding
- at least 45 % by corporate partners
- residual financing must be secured
- maximum federal funding: 450,000 euros/year
- maximum state funding: 225,000 euros/year