Abbreviations and acronyms
Alternative extensions
Austrian Institute of Technology
Austrian Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung,
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort,
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie,
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Federal Ministry of Science,Research and Economy
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Competencies for sustainable socio-economic development project
Christian Doppler Research Association
Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate
Center for Molecular Medicine
Chief executive officer
Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
De Rotterdamse Zaak
Extension curricula
European Credit Transfer System
European Higher Education Area
European Standards and Guidelines
Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice
European Union
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Fachhochschule, University of Applied Sciences
Full-time equivalent
Wissenschaftsfonds,,Austrian Science Fund
Gross domestic product
Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
General University Development Plan
Higher education
Higher Education Authority
Higher education institution
Höhere Technische Lehranstalten,
College for higher technical education
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology Pioneering
Intellectual property
Intellectual Property Agreement Guide
Intellectual property rights
UNESCO International Standard Classification of Education
Information technology
Instituti Tecnici Superiori, Technical higher institutions
Josef Ressel
Knowledge transfer centres
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
Learning through entrepreneurship
Need, Approach, Benefit and Competition
National Science Foundation
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Performance agreements
Principal investigators
Policy Learning Network
Paracelsus Medical University
Public-private partnership
provisional patent application
Research and development
Research, development and innovation
Research, technology and innovation
Strathclyde Entrepreneurship Initiative
Strategic Innovation Fund
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
Science-technology-engineering-mathematics
Tech transfer office
Technical University
Universities of applied sciences
Venture creation programme
Vocational education and training
Vienna Life-Science Instruments
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
Austrian Chamber of Commerce