netidee.at - Internet Privatstiftung Austria / Internet Foundation Austria

netidee.at is the public-facing brand of the Internet Privatstiftung Austria / Internet Foundation Austria, an Austrian non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting internet-related innovation, digital literacy and public-interest technology. The foundation operates under the netidee name and describes itself on its website as "Österreichs große Internet-Förderaktion" — Austria's major internet funding campaign. Its work is organised around three main funding tracks: Projekte (projects), Stipendien (scholarships) and Science (research), each opened through periodic calls for proposals. The foundation's mission is to strengthen Austria's digital ecosystem by financing bottom-up ideas that address societal, educational, security and privacy challenges of the internet. Funded projects shown on the netidee website include Somes, a platform that makes the activities of Austria's National Council members and government more accessible; RoboSDG Junior, which uses block-based programming to promote equal opportunities; and research projects such as "Hidden Dangers: Uncovering Security and Privacy Risks through Large-scale Mobile App Analysis," "Advancing Privacy in Federated Learning" and "Intellectual Property Protection in Open Data Sharing." These examples illustrate the breadth of netidee's portfolio, spanning civic tech, education, cybersecurity, privacy-enhancing technologies and open data. netidee communicates its activities through news and events, including online information evenings for applicants and the annual netidee Talk. In November 2025 the foundation held the netidee Talk 2025, which also marked 20 years of netidee funding. At that event the newly funded projects were presented, and the foundation published photo and video documentation of the celebration. The website also notes that the next calls for projects, scholarships and science were not yet fixed at the time of publication, and it promotes a folder listing all funded projects for 2025. As a foundation, netidee does not sell commercial products; its "offerings" are funding programmes, grants, scholarships and community events. It functions as a brand and platform for Austrian internet funding rather than as a conventional company. Its identity is closely tied to the Internet Privatstiftung Austria / Internet Foundation Austria, which provides the legal and organisational framework for the netidee initiative.

The Internet Privatstiftung Austria / Internet Foundation Austria operates the netidee initiative, which by 2025 had been running for 20 years. The foundation's website presents netidee as "Österreichs große Internet-Förderaktion" (Austria's major internet funding campaign), indicating a long-standing role in financing internet-related ideas in Austria. Over two decades, netidee has developed three main funding tracks — Projekte, Stipendien and Science — each opened through periodic calls. The foundation has funded a wide range of projects, from civic-tech platforms such as Somes, which makes the work of Austria's National Council and government more accessible, to educational initiatives like RoboSDG Junior, which uses block-based programming to promote equal opportunities, and research efforts on mobile app security and privacy, federated learning privacy, and intellectual property protection in open data sharing. In November 2025, the netidee Talk 2025 marked 20 years of netidee funding and presented the latest cohort of funded projects. The foundation continues to plan future calls, with an online information evening announced for Call 21 (2026), although at the time of the website snapshot the next calls for projects, scholarships and science were not yet fixed.

• netidee Talk 2025 held, marking 20 years of netidee funding and presenting newly funded projects.

• netidee Call 21 (2026) announced, with an online information evening for applicants.

Austria's major non-profit internet funding initiative, supporting public-interest projects, scholarships and research.

• Somes

  A funded project that makes the activities of Austria's National Council members and the government accessible at a low threshold.

• RoboSDG Junior

  A funded project using block-based programming to promote equal opportunities.

• Hidden Dangers: Uncovering Security and Privacy Risks through Large-scale Mobile App Analysis

  A funded research project performing large-scale mobile app analysis to find security and privacy issues.

• Advancing Privacy in Federated Learning

  A funded research project on privacy in federated learning.

• Intellectual Property Protection in Open Data Sharing

  A funded research project on intellectual property protection in open data sharing.

1. 1netidee | Österreichs große Internet-Förderaktionnetidee.at
2. 2Wikidata: netidee.at - Internet Privatstiftung Austria / Internet Foundation Austriawikidata.org