Researchers should be given the long-term and extensive financial security to plan their research and to build up or consolidate their own research groups thereby qualifying themselves for senior scientific positions (especially as university professors within Austria or abroad).
Requirements
award of the doctoral degree no less than two and no longer than ten years before the deadline for submission. Allowance is made for time that has been spent on compulsory military or civilian service or time that has been required for receiving corresponding subject-specific qualifications, e.g. for receiving clinical qualifications
exceptional international
track record
scientific independence
must be proven
in addition it is desirable that candidates have completed a research stay abroad of at least one year
candidates may not
already be full professors (members of the "Professorenkurie")
Length
6 years, an interim review
after 3 years decides on continuation
Level
Minimum EUR 800.000 up to maximum EUR 1.2 Mio.
Applications
Start: July 2011
End: 5. October 2011 (date of postmark)
in English
Allocation
decisions are taken by the FWF Board based on recommendations of the International START-/Wittgenstein-Jury; recommendations are based on an international review process and a hearing
