Abbreviations and acronyms

AE

Alternative extensions

AIT

Austrian Institute of Technology

AQ Austria

Austrian Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation

AWS

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH

BMBWF

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung,

Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

BMDW

Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort,

Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs

BMVIT

Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie,

Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology

BMWFW

Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft

Federal Ministry of Science,Research and Economy

BOKU

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

CASE

Competencies for sustainable socio-economic development project

CDG

Christian Doppler Research Association

CDIO

Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate

CeMM

Center for Molecular Medicine

CEO

Chief executive officer

CSE

Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship

CSH

Complexity Science Hub Vienna

DRZ

De Rotterdamse Zaak

EC

Extension curricula

ECTS

European Credit Transfer System

EHEAESG

European Higher Education Area

European Standards and Guidelines

ETP

Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice

EU

European Union

FFG

Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft

Austrian Research Promotion Agency

FH

Fachhochschule, University of Applied Sciences

FTE

Full-time equivalent

FWF

Wissenschaftsfonds,,Austrian Science Fund

GDP

Gross domestic product

GMI

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

GUEP

General University Development Plan

HE

Higher education

HEA

Higher Education Authority

HEI

Higher education institution

HTL

Höhere Technische Lehranstalten,

College for higher technical education

IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IMBA

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology Pioneering

IP

Intellectual property

IPAG

Intellectual Property Agreement Guide

IPR

Intellectual property rights

ISCED

UNESCO International Standard Classification of Education

IT

Information technology

ITS

Instituti Tecnici Superiori, Technical higher institutions

JR

Josef Ressel

KTC

Knowledge transfer centres

LBG

Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft

LTE

Learning through entrepreneurship

NABC

Need, Approach, Benefit and Competition

NSF

National Science Foundation

OeAW

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Austrian Academy of Sciences

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PA

Performance agreements

PI

Principal investigators

PLN

Policy Learning Network

PMU

Paracelsus Medical University

PPP

Public-private partnership

PRI

provisional patent application

R&D

Research and development

RDI

Research, development and innovation

RTI

Research, technology and innovation

SEI

Strathclyde Entrepreneurship Initiative

SIF

Strategic Innovation Fund

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprises

STEM

Science-technology-engineering-mathematics

TTO

Tech transfer office

TU

Technical University

UAS

Universities of applied sciences

VCP

Venture creation programme

VET

Vocational education and training

VLSI

Vienna Life-Science Instruments

WKO

Wirtschaftskammer Österreich

Austrian Chamber of Commerce

Abbreviations and acronyms