Out of 67 short proposals 22 have been invited for further elaboration. On December 2, 2016 a jury meeting took place in Vienna gathering 8 international jurors. During the meeting, the jury extensively discussed the submitted proposals on the basis of at least three international reviews per proposal as well as based on their own expertise and formed their funding recommendation. On December 13, 2016 WWTF Board of Directors fully confirmed the jury’s funding recommendation.

Within the Call 2016, 7 projects with a total amount of € 4,1344 m will be funded:

Equatorial wave-current interactions
Adrian Constantin, University of Vienna

Modeling and Design of Epitaxially Strained Nanoislands
Paolo Piovano, University of Vienna

Macroprudential bank regulation: a continuous time approach
Walter Schachermayer, University of Vienna

Schrödinger Equations for QUantum EXperiments (SEQUEX)
Norbert J. Mauser, Wolfgang Pauli Institute

Reasoning Tools for Deontic logic and Applications to Indian Sacred Texts
Agata Ciabattoni, Vienna University of Technology

Optimal gender-specific treatment paths on healthcare multiplex networks
Peter Klimek, Medical University of Vienna

Infinite Dimensional Signal Processing Techniques for Acoustic Applications (INSIGHT)
Georg Tauböck, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Genome-wide Molecular Dating
Carolin Kosiol, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna