FWF – We Fund the Future!

Press Conference 2017

FWF President Klement Tockner and Artemis Vakianis, Executive Vice President of the FWF, invited to a press conference in order to analyse the past year, talk about necessary steps for the future and present the FWF’s strategy for the coming years. They also announced the 2017 Wittgenstein Award winner, quantum physicist Hanns-Christoph Nägerl, and the six young researchers selected for the START Programme.

FWF Honours Vice Chancellor Mitterlehner’s Commitment

The FWF regrets the sudden resignation of Science Minister Mitterlehner. Ever since assuming responsibility for the science agenda at the end of 2013, the Vice Chancellor has been a constructive and committed partner for the advancement of basic research in Austria.  Implementation of the research billion still remains the top priority.

We strengthen science and the humanities in Austria

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – Austria's central funding organization for basic research

The purpose of the FWF is to support the ongoing development of Austrian science and basic research at a high international level. In this way, the FWF makes a significant contribution to cultural development, to the advancement of our knowledge-based society, and thus to the creation of value and wealth in Austria.

Science on the move

scilog presents science on video

In its new video series, the online magazine offers unique insights into basic research. Eminent scholars present their places of research and laboratories and illustrate the great significance science holds for society at large.

FWF President Completes “International Weeks”

A visit in Beijing at the National Natural Science Foundation of China was followed by a stopover in Vienna in order to welcome high-level visitors from Georgia before embarking on a trip to Moscow to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. The President's agenda was rounded off by a visit from the President of the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office. In addition, Klement Tockner has been appointed to the 8-strong Governing Board of Science Europe.