In the third approval round of 2023, the FWF funded 91 new research projects with a total volume of €38.2 million at research institutions throughout Austria.

Austria's most highly endowed research prizes have been awarded: On the recommendation of an international jury of experts, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has selected quantum physicist Hans J. Briegel (University of Innsbruck) to receive the FWF Wittgenstein Award and eight additional researchers for the FWF START Award.

In addition to the Wittgenstein Award, the Austrian Science Fund also presented this year's FWF START Awards. A total of eight researchers were chosen in the highly competitive selection process.

Researchers have the opportunity to submit climate-relevant projects to Austria's largest privately funded research award starting now. Through a private donation to the alpha+ Foundation, €900.000 in funding has been made available this year to gain new knowledge on the energy transition.

The FWF Distinguished Professor program, the third pillar of the excellent=austria initiative, is scheduled to launch in September of 2023. The new program is intended to strengthen promising research fields by recruiting and appointing world-leading researchers to Austrian universities, as well as to further increase the international visibility and attractivity of Austria's universities.