FWF START Awards 1996—2017

Miriam Unterlass

CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine

The Hydrothermal Route to Functional Organic Frameworks

Vera Fischer

University of Vienna – Institute of Mathematics

Infinitary Combinatorics and Definability

Andrea Pauli

IMP – Research Institute of Molecular Pathology 

Functional Importance of Novel Translated Regions During Development

Hannes Fellner

University of Vienna – Department of Linguistics

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH)

The Characters that Shaped the Silk Road - A Database and Digital Paleography of Tarim Brahmi

Claudine Kraft

University of Vienna – Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Analysis of Atg1/ULK1 Function in Autophagy

Wolfgang Lechner

University of Innsbruck – Department of Theoretical Physics

ParityQC: Parity Constraints as a Quantum Computing Toolbox

Michael Eichmair

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Isoperimetric Study of Initial Data for the Einstein Equations

Harald Grobner

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Special L-Values and p-adic L-Functions

Tracy E. Northup

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

Quantum Optomechanics with Nanospheres and Ions

Nikolai Kiesel

University of Vienna – Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics, Quantum Information

Thermodynamics by Levitating Optomechanics

Christopher Campbell

University of Vienna – Department of Chromosome Biology, VBC I

Causes and Consequences of Chromosomal Instability

Felix Höflmayer

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Austrian Archaeological Institute

University of Vienna – Department of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology

Tracing Transformations in the Southern Levant from Collapse to Consolidation

Gareth Parkinson

TU Wien – Institute of Applied Physics

Unravelling Single-Atom Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach

Caroline Uhler

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

Gaussian Graphical Models: Theory and Applications

Ivona Brandic

TU Wien – Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems

Rucon – Runtime Control on Multi Clouds

Christoph Aistleitner

Graz University of Technology – Institute for Analysis and Number Theory

Probabilistic Methods in Analysis and Number Theory

Rupert Seidl

BOKU University – Institute of Silviculture

Forest Disturbance in a Changing World

Kristina Stöckl

University of Innsbruck – Department of Sociology

Post-Secular Conflicts

Marcus Huber

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

The Role of Quantum Information in Thermodynamics

Ben Lanyon

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

Quantum Frequency Conversion for Ion-Trap Quantum Networks

Rene Thiemann

University of Innsbruck – Department of Computer Science

Certifying Termination and Complexity Proofs Of Programs

Sigrid Neuhauser

University of Innsbruck – Department of Microbiology

HI-PHY: Phytomyxid-Host-Interactions

Karin Schnass

University of Innsbruck – Department of Mathematics

Optimization Principles, Models & Algorithms for Dictionary Learning

Alexander Grüneis

University of Graz – Department of Chemistry

Quasiparticle Dynamics and Optical Properties of Designer Van-der-Waals Solids

Manuel Schabus

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg – Department of Psychology

Medical University of Graz – Department of Neurology

Vienna Hospital Association

Albert Schweitzer Clinic Graz

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Consciousness Research Across Healthy Vigilance States and Disorders of Consciousness

Markus Aichhorn

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Theoretical Physics

Topological States of Matter from First Principles

Bettina Bader

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Austrian Archaeological Institute

Beyond Politics: Material Culture in Second Intermediate Period Egypt and Nubia

Mathias Beiglböck

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Robust Hedging and Optimal Transport

Clemens Heitzinger

TU Wien – Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing

PDE Models for Nanotechnology

Stefan L. Ameres

IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

Molecular Characterization of the MicroRNA Life Cycle

Stefan Woltran

TU Wien – Faculty of Informatics

Decodyn: Treating Hard Problems with Decomposition and Dynamic Programming

Notburga Gierlinger

BOKU University  Department of Nanobiotechnology

Plant Surfaces and Interfaces in Plants: Lignin, Suberin and Cutin

Thomas Pock

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Computer Vision and Visualization

Bilevel Learning for Computer Vision

Georgios Katsaros

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

Towards Hole Spin Qubits and Majorana Fermions in Germanium

David A. Keays

IMP – Research Institute of Molecular Pathology 

The Cellular Basis of Magnetoreception

Paolo Sartori

Austrian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Iranian Studies

Seeing Like an Archive: Documents and Forms of Governance in Islamic Central Asia

Ovidiu Paun

University of Vienna – Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

Evolution Through Recurrent Allopolyploidization

Sofia Kantorovich

University of Vienna – Faculty of Physics

Bridging the Scales in Dipolar Soft Matter

Jürgen Hauer

TU Wien – Photonics Institute

Octave Spanning Pulses for 2D-Electronic Spectroscopy

Julia Budka

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Egyptian Commission

Across Ancient Borders and Cultures

Michael Kirchler

University of Innsbruck – Department of Banking and Finance

Market Efficiency and Financial Market Regulations – An Experimental Approach

Alexander Dammermann

University of Vienna – Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics

Molecular Analysis of Centriole Assembly and Function

Kaan Boztug

CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine

Integrated Genetics of Congenital Defects of Innate Immunity

Franz Schuster

TU Wien – Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry

Isoperimetric Inequalities and Integral Geometry

Peter Rabl

TU Wien – Atominstitut

Quantum Dynamics Of Opto- and Nanomechanichal Systems

Philip Walther

University of Vienna – Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information Group

Photonic Quantum Simulations

Sebastian Diehl

University of Innsbruck – Department of Theoretical Physics

Many-Body Quantum Systems under Dissipation and Drive

Michael Sixt

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

Cytoskeletal Force Generation and Transduction of Leukocytes

Alwin Köhler

Medical University of Vienna – Institute of Medical Biochemistry

The Role of Nuclear Pores in Regulating Gene Expression

Peter Balazs

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Acoustics Research Institute

Frames and Linear Operators for Acoustical Modeling and Parameter Estimation

Agata Ciabattoni

TU Wien – Institute of Computer Languages

Nonclassical Proofs: Theory, Applications and Tools

Thomas Müller

TU Wien – Photonics Institute

Graphene-Based Photonics

Florian Schreck

Austrian Academy of Sciences - Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Quantum-Degenerate Straontium: Mixtures, Molecules and Many-Body Physics

Barbara Kraus

University of Innsbruck – Department of Theoretical Physics

Novel Theoretical Tools for Quantum Many-Body Systems

Julius Brennecke

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

The piRNA Pathway in the Drosophila Germline

Bojan Zagrovic

University of Vienna – Department of Structural Biology and Computational Biology

Protein-Protein Interactions: from Specific to Global

Barbara Horejs

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Austrian Archaeological Institute

From Sedentism to Protourban Societies in Western Anatolia

Melanie Malzahn

University of Vienna – Department of Linguistics

A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts

Thorsten Schumm

TU Wien – Atominstitut

Nuclear Physics with a Laser: 229Thorium

Francesca Ferlaino

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

Ultracold Erbium: Exploring Exotic Quantum Gases

Manuel Kauers

Johannes Kepler University Linz – RISC Linz

Fast Computer Algebra for Special Functions

Ilse Fischer

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Compact Enumeration Formulas for Generalized Partitions

Arthur Kaser

Medical University of Innsbruck – Department of Internal Medicine I

XBP1 and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Mucosal Homeostasis

David Teis

Medical University of Innsbruck – Biocenter Innsbruck

Regulation of ESCRT Mediated Cell Surface Remodeling

Karel Riha

GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

Mechanisms of Chromosome End Protection

Markus Aspelmeyer

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Quantum-Opto-Mechanics

Massimo Fornasier

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)

Sparse Approximation and Optimization in High-Dimensions

Daniel Grumiller

Vienna University of Technology – Institute for Theoretical Physics

Black Holes in AdS, the Universe, and Analog Systems

Alexander Kendl

University of Innsbruck –  Department of Ion Physics and Applied Physics

Turbulence in the Edge of Magnetised Plasmas: Emergent Structures and Transport

Kristin Tessmar-Raible

University of Vienna – Department of Genetics

A Molecular Approach to Lunar Periodicity

Tom Jan Battin

University of Vienna – Department of Freshwater Ecology

Architecture of Carbon Fluxes in Fluvial Networks

Christina Waldsich

University of Vienna – Department of Biochemistry

RNA Folding in the Living Cell

Thomas Wallnig

University of Vienna – Department of History

University of Vienna – Institute of Austrian Historical Research

Monastic Enlightenment & the Benedictine Republic of Letters

Sigrid Wadauer

University of Vienna – Department of Economic and Social History

The Production of Work. Welfare, Labor-Market and the Disputed Boundaries of Labor

Otfried Gühne

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Multipartite Entanglement

Thomas Lörting

University of Innsbruck – Department of Physical Chemistry

Deeply Supercooled Liquid Water

Thomas Bugnyar

University of Vienna – Department of Cognitive Biology

Raven politics: Understanding and Use of Social Relations

Paul Mayrhofer

TU Wien – Institute of Materials Science and Technology

Atomistic Study of Metastable Phases

Kathrin Breuker

University of Innsbruck – Department of Organic Chemistry

Structure, Folding, and Dissociation of Gaseous Biomolecules

Bernhard Lamel

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Biholomorphic Equivalence: Analysis, Algebra and Geometry

Hartmut Häffner

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Coupling Trapped Ions via Transmission Lines for Quantum Computing

Gerald Teschl

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Spectral Analysis und Applications to Solition Equations

Josef Teichmann

ETH Zurich – Department of Mathematics

Geometry of Stochastic Differential Equations

Piet Oliver Schmidt

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy using Quantum Logic

Norbert Polacek

Medical University of Innsbruck – Biocenter Innsbruck

Nucleotide Analog Interference in the Ribosome

Norbert Zimmermann

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Austrian Archaeological Institute

TU Wien – Institute of History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration

The Domitilla Catacomb in Rome

Alexandra Lusser

Medical University of Innsbruck – Biocenter Innsbruck

Chromatin Assembly: Role of Chromodomain Protein CHD1

Michael Hintermüller

University of Graz – Department of Mathematics and Scientific Computing

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Matthias Horn

University of Vienna – Institute for Ecology and Nature Conservation

Environmental Chlamydiae and Amoebae

Michael Moser

University of Vienna – Department of Slavonic Studies

One Thousand Years of Ukrainian Language History in Galicia

Gerhard J. Schütz

TU Wien – Institute of Applied Physics

Immunology at a Nanoscopic View: A Single-Molecule Approach

Thomas Bacher

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business – Institute for Civil Law, Commercial and Securities Law

Legal Evolution and European Harmonisation of Company Law

Vassil Palankovski

Vienna University of Technology – Institute for Microelectronics; Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI)

Simulation of Advanced Semiconductor Devices

Thomas Prohaska

BOKU University – Department of Chemistry

VIRIS - Vienna Isotope Research Investigations and Surveys

Michael Kunzinger

University of Vienna – Institute of Mathematics; University of Innsbruck - Department of Civil Engineering

Nonlinear Distributional Geometry

Andreas Villunger

Medical University of Innsbruck – Institute of Pathophysiology

Assessment of the Target Potential of Bim, Bmf and PUMA/bbc3

Hanns-Christoph Nägerl

University of Innsbruck– Department of Experimental Physics

Tunable quantum Matter for Precision Measurements

Georg Kresse

University of Vienna – Institute of Materials Physics

New Directions in Ab Initio Modeling of Materials Properties

Georg Schett

Medical University of Vienna – Department of Internal Medicine III

Role of Osteoclasts in Bone Resorption of Arthritis

Wolfgang Heiss

Johannes Kepler University Linz – Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics

Nanodevices for Mid-Infrared Single Molecule Spectroscopy

Joachim Schöberl

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)

3D hp-Finite Elements: Fast Solvers and Adaptivity

Dieter Schmalstieg

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Computer Vision and Visualization

Augmented Reality for Pervasive Computing

Michael Jursa

University of Vienna – Department of Near Eastern Studies

The Economic History of Babylonia in the First Millennium BC

Wolfgang Drexler

Medical University of Vienna – Institute of Medical Physics

In Vivo Optical Biopsy Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Markus Arndt

University of Vienna – Institute of Experimental Physics

New Methods for Quantum Optics with Clusters and Molecules

Michael Buchmeiser

University of Innsbruck – Department of Analytical Chemistry

Heterogeneous Metathesis Initiators

Clemens Sedmak

Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg – Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Commitments and the Construction of Theories

Wilfried Ellmeier

Medical University of Vienna – Institute of Immunology

Molecular Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Development and Activation

Herbert Strobl

Medical University of Vienna – Institute of Immunology

Functional Genomics Analysis of Dendritic Cell Development

Dietrich Leibfried

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

New Techniques for Quantum Information with Trapped Ions

Thomas Brabec

TU Wien – Photonics Institute

Light-Matter Interaction On Ultrashort Time Scales

Bernhard Tilg

UMIT TIROL – Department of Psychology and Sports Medicine

EECG imaging – Combination of 3D Echo- and Inverse ElectroCardioGraphy

Susanne Kalss

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business – Institute for Civil Law, Commercial and Securities Law

Comparative Study of Companies with Limited Liability

Christoph Spötl

University of Innsbruck – Department of Geology

Half a Million Years of Environmental Change in the Alps: Reading the Speleothem Record

Norbert J. Mauser

University of Vienna – Faculty of Mathematics

Nonlinear Schrödinger and Quantum-Boltzmann Equations

Christoph Marschner

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

Chiral Polysilanes

Joseph Strauss

BOKU University – Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology

Nitrate Assimilation in Fungi, a Tool for Studying Transcription Factors and Cellular Defence Mechanisms

Otmar Scherzer

University of Innsbruck – Department of Computer Sciences

Nonlinear Inverse Problems in Image Processing and Image Processing Methods for Inverse Problems

Thomas Schrefl

Vienna University of Technology – Institute of Applied and Technical Physics

Advanced Numerical Micromagnetics

Gerhard Widmer

Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies – Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Medical University of Vienna – Institute for Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Models of Musical Expression

Peter Grabner

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Mathematics (501A)

Concrete Mathematics: Fractals, Dynamics and Distributions

Gottfried Kirchengast

University of Graz - Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology

Advanced Sounding & Modeling for Atmospheric Change Analysis

Rudolf Valenta

Medical University of Vienna – Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology

Concepts for Allergen-Specific Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Type I Allergy Based on Recombinant DNA Technology

Bernhard Palme

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Commission for Ancient Legal History

New Papyri from Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt

Gerhard A. Holzapfel

Graz University of Technology – Institute for Structural Analysis Computational Biomechanics

Physical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Balloon Angioplasty

Michael Schmid

TU Wien – Institute of Applied Physics

Adsorption and Growth on Metal Surfaces Studied on the Atomic Scale

Peter Szmolyan

TU Wien – Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics

Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations

Gerhard J. Woeginger

Other research or development institutions - Department of Mathematics

Combinatiorial Approximation Algorithms

Ferenc Krausz

TU Wien – Photonics Institute

Ultrafast Light Pulses

Karl Unterrainer

TU Wien – Institute of Solid State Electronics

Terahertz Electronics based on Semiconductor Nanostructures

Harald Weinfurter

University of Innsbruck – Department of Experimental Physics

The Physics of Correlated Quantum Systems

Jakob Woisetschläger

Graz University of Technology – Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics

Non-Intrusive Optical Diagnostics of Turbulence in Turbomachinery

Christian Köberl

University of Vienna – Department of Geochemistry

Studies of Impact Craters

Ulrich Schmid

TU Wien –  Institute for Computer Aided Automation

Wireline – Wireless Factory – Facility Fieldbus