Artist, diplomat or researcher? Alice Vadrot considers her chosen career path – research – to be the "best of all worlds". At the University of Vienna, the research interests of this political scientist and former FWF Schrödinger fellow include worldwide policy considerations on the protection of biodiversity, as well as the difficult question: who owns the sea?

The funding programme doc.funds.connect enables universities of applied sciences and universities to offer joint doctoral training. In cooperation with the Christian Doppler Research Association, the Austrian Science Fund FWF is launching a first call on 21 September 2020.

Logistical challenges during the pandemic crisis, the impact of face masks on speech comprehension, and the duration of immunity after exposure to SARS-CoV-2 are the focus of the latest urgent funding projects supported by the FWF. In addition, the urgent funding programme has been extended to the end of March 2021.

Excellence and relevance are not mutually exclusive. For a successful science system, however, the entire "ecosystem" of academic operations must be considered, according to one of the central statements of the breakout session of the Ministry of Science and FWF at the Forum Alpbach on August 28, 2020. We have summarized the results of the discussion.

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.