In the course of its history, Europe experienced many epidemics. Find out on scilog what parallels historian Christian Promitzer draws to the present.

The mathematician Adrian Constantin was honored with the Wittgenstein Award, endowed with EUR 1.5 million. Constantin will use the funding to consolidate his position spearheading international research.

Austrian Science Minister Heinz Faßmann and FWF President Klement Tockner handed over the START excellence awards. From a field of 111 applicants, the jury chose seven researchers in a very competitive selection process.

A statement by members of the Austrian Alliance of Science Organisations on the role of science and research in the Corona crisis

Learn more about our flexible offers for researchers to mitigate the effects  of the corona crisis. You can find all the information on this in the continuously updated COVID-19 FAQ.

The FWF is calling on researchers to submit project proposals for research into humanitarian crises such as epidemics and pandemics within its existing programmes but as part of a new fast track procedure. The goal is to initiate, as quickly as possible, additional high-quality scientific and scholarly projects at research institutions throughout Austria and thus expand capacities and structures.