The programme "Cognitive Sciences" was established in 2011. The Cognitive Sciences represent an emerging field in the research landscape of Vienna. The Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) wishes to promote projects focusing on cognitive science, which aim to extend our understanding of cognitive processes in humans, animals and machines. Supported projects will primarily be those which interdisciplinary promote research of cognitive processes. Such research is at the interface between the natural, technical, and social sciences. The aim is to improve our understanding of our brain's workings and methods of functioning. Empirical data is a substantial component of the research projects in this programme.
Earlier calls
The third WWTF Call “Cognitive Sciences" is completed. Proposals had to bring together two to three different disciplines to address innovative research questions in order to advance the understanding of cognition in humans, animals or artificial systems. Improving the interconnectedness of different research areas within the call theme was another key element of this call.
Funding volume: 3.497.880 €
Number of applications: 55 short proposals, 18 invited full proposals
Awarding procdure: Two stage selection process by international expert jury based on review report by peers
Jury meeting: November 26, 2018
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: December 11, 2018
Contact person: Benjamin Missbach
Gero Miesenböck (Jury Chair) | University of Oxford, UK
Martine Cador | Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, FR
Ophelia Deroy | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE
Martin Giurfa | Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, FR
Günther Knoblich | CEU Central European University, HU
Katharina Riebel | Leiden University, NL
Marcel van Gerven | Radboud University, NL
Funded projects
- CS18-012 Claus Lamm (University of Vienna)
Convergent evolution of the social brain? A comparative dog-human fMRI approach (EVOSOCBRAIN)
Duration: 36 months, Funding volume: € 600,000
- CS18-019 Hans-Ulrich Dodt (Vienna University of Technology)
High resolution visualization of memory traces in the brain
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 598,580
- CS18-021 Leonida Fusani (University of Vienna)
Comparative aesthetics: A novel approach to investigate multi-modal attractiveness in humans and animals
Duration: 49 months, Funding volume: € 515,000
- CS18-023 Alice Auersperg (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)
The innovation problem: factors influencing innovative tool use in human infants and cockatoos
Duration: 36 months, Funding volume: € 600,000
- CS18-039 Thomas Klausberger (Medical University of Vienna)
Prefrontal circuits for cognitive flexibility in an extradimensional set-shifting task for mice and humans
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 599,600
- CS18-042 Sabine Tebbich (University of Vienna)
Coping with change: The influence of early experience, nutrition and stress on behavioral flexibility
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 584,700
Funding volume: 2.992.000 €
Number of applications: 49 Short proposals, 18 invited to submit a full proposal
Awarding procdure: Two stage selection process by international expert panel based on review report by peers
Jury meeting: November 30, 2015
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: December 14, 2015
Contact person:Michael Strassnig
For more information see the Call Fiche
Members of the Call-Jury:
Anil Seth (Jury Chair) | University of Sussex, UK
Kim Bard | University of Portsmouth, UK
Martin Giurfa | CNRS, Université de Toulouse, FR
Jan Theeuwes | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Barbara Tillmann | CNRS Neurosciences Lyon, FR
Toni E. Ziegler | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Funded projects
- CS15-001 Ulrich Ansorge (University of Vienna)
How language shapes perception and cognition: A contrastive study of space and evidentiality in German and Korean
Duration: 64 months, Funding volume: € 599,900
- CS15-003 Giorgia Silani (University of Vienna)
"Wanting" and "Liking": The Neurochemical and Neurocognitive Basis of Primary and Social Reward in Humans
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 600,000
- CS15-018 Sarah Marshall (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)
A New Look at Domestication: The Role of Oxytocin in Wolves’ and Dogs’ Social Relationships with Conspecific and Human Partners
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 599,900
- CS15-033 Matthaeus Willeit (Medical University of Vienna)
Imaging the functional and molecular impact of poly-unsaturated fatty acids on dopamine-dependent cognitive functions: a combined [11C]-(+)-PHNO PET/MRI study at different stages of cognitive impairment
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 593,900
- CS15-036 Raphael Rosenberg (University of Vienna)
Universal Aesthetics of Lines and Colors? Effects of Culture, Expertise, and Habituation
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 598,300
Funding volume: 3.012.000 €
Number of applications: 36
Awarding procedure: Single stage selection process by international expert panel based on review report by peers
Jury meeting: October 27-28, 2011
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: November 7, 2011
For more information see the [FILE]
Members of the call jury:
- Martin Giurfa (Jury Chair) | Paul Sabatier Univ., Toulouse, FR
- Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky | Universität Marburg, DE
- Shihui Han | Peking University, CN
- Marta Manser | Universität Zürich, CH
- Gero Miesenböck | University of Oxford, UK
- Olivier Pascalis | Uni. Pierre Mendés-France, Grenoble, FR
- Tim Shallice | University College London & SISSA, UK
- Jan Theeuwes | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Funded projects
- CS11-005 Ludwig Huber (University of Vienna)
Like me: The evolutionary and neuro-cognitive basis of the link between imitation, empathy and prosocial behaviour in dogs and humans
Duration: 51 months, Funding volume: € 500,000
- CS11-008 Christine Schwab (University of Vienna)
Modelling social transmission: how relationships, group size and group structure influence social learning in wild and captive corvids
Duration: 37 months, Funding volume: € 360,000
- CS11-009 Ulrich Ansorge (Universität Wien)
Modeling Visual Attention as a Key Factor in Visual Recognition and Quality of Experience
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 401,200
- CS11-016 Claus Lamm (University of Vienna)
The role of the opioid system for empathic responses to pain and their link to prosocial behaviour - OPIOIDEMPATHY
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 500,000
- CS11-023 Helmut Leder (Universität Wien)
Time makes the difference! Uncovering the nature of aesthetic experience
Duration: 41 months, Funding volume: € 392,200
- CS11-026 Zsofia Viranyi (University of Vienna)
The semantics of talking with the eyes and gestures: the hormonal and cognitive underpinnings of comprehending cooperative intentional communication in domestic dogs and wolves
Duration: 45 months, Funding volume: € 499,000
- CS11-029 Andrew Straw (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP))
Algorithms, neural circuitry, and genetics of high-level visual behavior in the fly
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 359,600
On December 10, 2008 the WWTF Board has decided to fund one Vienna Science Chairs for Cognitive Science.
Funding volume: 1.500.000 €
Number of applications: 3
Awarding procdure: Selection process by international expert panel based on review report by peers
Jury meeting: November 17, 2008
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: December 10, 2008
For more information see the [FILE]
Members of the Call-Jury:
Rodney J. Douglas | ETH Zürich, CH
Howard Eichenbaum | Boston University, US
Julia Fischer | University of Göttingen, DE
Christof Koch | California Institute of Technology, US
Rolf Pfeifer | University of Zürich, CH (nicht teilgenommen)
Wolfgang Prinz | MPI for Cognitive and Brain Science, DE
