Following a comprehensive call for proposals and 44 applications submitted, the first three groups ‘Austrian Digital Heart Programme’, ‘MOTION’ and ‘ATTRACT’ were selected in 2023 by an internationally renowned expert committee chaired by Prof. Lieselotte Højgaard, Professor of Medicine and Technology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Head of the Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET at the Danish Rigshospitalet.

In the second call for proposals in 2025, the research groups ‘CRC-Res’, ‘StrikeBC’, and ‘EPICONN’ were selected and will begin their research in January 2026.

The Clinical Research Groups CRG funding programme launched by the LBG is Austria’s first collaborative research initiative with a clear focus on patient-oriented, medically relevant topics in the field of non-commercial clinical research.